SB2025082608 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM
Published: August 26, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Execution with unnecessary privileges (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-33120)
CWE-ID: CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application binary has a setuid bit. A local low-privileged user can escalate their privileges via a misconfigured cronjob due to execution with unnecessary privileges.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-36042)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.