Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-33108

IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqual

Published Jun 14, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 24, 2025 · IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-33108. EPSS is 0.59%. Act only if a listed version of IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.59%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4

IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with component access to the host operating system.

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  • vendor IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i 7.47.4

How to fix CVE-2025-33108

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-33108. EPSS is 0.59%. Act only if a listed version of IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 7.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.59%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with component access to the host operating system.

  2. Aug 24, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with component access to the host operating system.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-33108

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-33108

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18318

    IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with co

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.