CVE-2025-3473 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium 12.1, where a local privileged user can gain root access due to insecure inherited permissions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (MEDIUM), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity requiring high privileges and local access. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, aligning with the typical lack of attention for most vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.