CVE-2025-4971 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix versions prior to 24.3.0 HF4 and 21.0.13 HF1. It allows low-privileged users with execution rights on the agent executable to elevate their privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code (EDB-52309) is publicly available, though there is currently no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcom | Automic Automation | < 24.3.0 HF4, and < 21.0.13 HF1CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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