Vulnerability · Published Jun 11, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-3473IBM Security Guardium privilege escalation
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Security Guardium from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Security Guardium | 12.1 |
Weakness: CWE-277 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7236356 vendor-advisory, patch