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CVE-2025-59697

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
02/12/2025
Last modified:
08/12/2025

Description

Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allow a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges by editing the Legacy GRUB bootloader configuration to start a root shell upon boot of the host OS. This is called F06.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Physical
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.7 (including) 13.9.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_5c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.7 (including) 13.9.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_hsmi:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.7 (including) 13.9.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.7 (including) 13.9.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.7 (including) 13.9.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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