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CVE-2025-3473

IBM Security Guardium privilege escalation

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 11, 2025 at 02:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSecurity GuardiumGuardium Data Protection

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IBM Security Guardium 12.1 could allow a local privileged user to escalate their privileges to root due to insecure inherited permissions created by the program.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7236356

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUMibm
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-277

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