CVE-2025-33120

moderate-risk

Published 2025-08-22

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 through 7.5.0 UP13 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges via a misconfigured cronjob due to execution with unnecessary privileges.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

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Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

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Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

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CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Qradar Incident Forensics

Qradar Incident Forensics

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Qradar Incident Forensics

Qradar Incident Forensics

Qradar Incident Forensics

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Qradar Incident Forensics

Qradar Incident Forensics

Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Affected Vendors

Ibm

References (1)

Vendor Advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242869

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 22/34 · High