Description

IBM AIX 7.3 and IBM VIOS 4.1.1 Perl implementation could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability to execute arbitrary code due to improper neutralization of pathname input.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-33112

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.4

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: IBM

Product: AIX, VIOS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-17 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33112
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7236103

Timeline