CVE-2016-20025 (GCVE-0-2016-20025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-15 13:35 – Updated: 2026-03-15 13:35
VLAI?
Title
ZKTeco ZKAccess Professional 3.5.3 Privilege Escalation via Insecure Permissions
Summary
ZKTeco ZKAccess Professional 3.5.3 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate privileges by modifying executable files. Attackers can leverage the Modify permission granted to the Authenticated Users group to replace executable binaries with malicious code for privilege escalation.
CWE
  • CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ZKTeco Inc. ZKTeco ZKAccess Professional Affected: 3.5.3 (Build 0005)
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Date Public ?
2016-08-30 00:00
Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
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