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High · 8.5 Public exploit CVE-2025-4971 EUVD-2025-15812GHSA-7hj6-h929-jq92

Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation

Published May 19, 2025 · Updated May 20, 2025 · Assigned by ca

Description

Broadcom Automic
Automation Agent Unix versions <
24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution
rights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Broadcom Automic Automation < 24.3.0 HF4, and < 21.0.13 HF1 24.3.0 HF4 or later, and 21.0.13 HF1 or later

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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