CVE-2025-36244 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Aix Vios

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092

History

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:::::::*

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm aix Ibm vios
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm aix Ibm vios

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.
Title		IBM AIX privilege escalation
Weaknesses		CWE-454
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2025-09-16T14:38:08.632Z

Updated: 2025-09-22T18:10:06.615Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T21:16:43.930Z

Link: CVE-2025-36244

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-16T16:16:13.029Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-16T15:15:44.130

Modified: 2025-10-17T14:34:38.477

Link: CVE-2025-36244

Redhat

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