CVE-2025-12381 (GCVE-0-2025-12381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 13:41 – Updated: 2025-12-09 14:26
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Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer on Linux, 64 bit allows Privilege Escalation, Parameter Injection. A local user with access to the command line may escalate their privileges by abusing the parameters of a command that is approved in the sudoers file.  This issue affects Firewall Analyzer: A33.0, A33.10.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer Affected: A33.0 (up to build 320)
Affected: A33.10 (up to build 220)
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Credits
Charlie Lindholm
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