Local User Hijack of Zabbix Agent Library Loading on AIX
CVE-2025-49642 Published on December 1, 2025
Agent builds for AIX vulnerable to library loading hijacking
Library loading on AIX Zabbix Agent builds can be hijacked by local users with write access to the /home/cecuser directory.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-49642 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Untrusted Path Vulnerability?
The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.
CVE-2025-49642 has been classified to as an Untrusted Path vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-49642
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Affected Versions
Zabbix:- Version 6.0.0, <= 6.0.36 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0, <= 7.0.5 is affected.
- Version 7.2.0 and below 7.2.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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