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CVE-2025-1994 (GCVE-0-2025-1994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-26 16:49 – Updated: 2025-08-26 17:35
VLAI
Title
IBM Cognos Command Center code execution
Summary
IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1 and 10.2.5 could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system due to the use of unsafe use of the BinaryFormatter function.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-26 17:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-242 - Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242159 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Cognos Command Center Affected: 10.2.4.1
Affected: 10.2.5
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_command_center:10.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_command_center:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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