CVE-2025-12381 (GCVE-0-2025-12381)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 13:41 – Updated: 2025-12-09 14:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Privilege Escalation via Misconfigured Sudoers Entry for Local Users in AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-09 14:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlgoSec | Firewall Analyzer |
Affected:
A33.0 (up to build 320)
Affected: A33.10 (up to build 220) cpe:2.3:a:algosec:firewall_analyzer:a33.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:algosec:firewall_analyzer:a33.0:*:64_bit:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:algosec:firewall_analyzer:a33.10:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:algosec:firewall_analyzer:a33.10:*:64_bit:*:*:*:*:* |
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