CVE-2025-3473 | BDVDB-2026-282239 Detail

IBMSecurity Guardium

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions

References#

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7236356

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-06-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-02-26Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-06-11
Last modified: 2026-02-26

Vendor information

Vendor: IBM
Product: Security Guardium

All IBM vulnerabilities

Score

6.7 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 3.9.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
12.1
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.7 Medium

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).