CVE-2025-33108 (GCVE-0-2025-33108)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-14 00:25
Modified
2025-06-17 18:13
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with component access to the host operating system.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i Version: 7.4, 7.5
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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