CVE-2025-36244highCWE-454

CVE-2025-36244: high-severity vulnerability in IBM AIX

IBM AIX privilege escalation

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IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
IBM · AIXIBM · VIOS
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