{"id":"CVE-2025-2947","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-2947","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:48:10.479Z","title":"IBM i 7.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.","description":"IBM i 7.6 \n\ncontains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.  A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.","published":"2025-04-17T17:15:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:07:54.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-278"],"affected":["ibm/i"],"epss":{"score":0.00442,"percentile":0.38153,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7231025","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2947","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}