CVE-2025-5718 (GCVE-0-2025-5718)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-11 06:52 – Updated: 2025-12-11 19:01
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Summary
The ACAP Application framework could allow privilege escalation through a symlink attack. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Axis Communications AB AXIS OS Affected: 12.0.0 , < 12.6.30 (semver)
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Credits
Keanesec
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