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CVE-2025-7012

Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
13/07/2025
Last modified:
15/07/2025

Description

An issue in Cato Networks' CatoClient for Linux, before version 5.5, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root by exploiting improper symbolic link handling.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M/U:Green CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.60 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M/U:Green

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Passsive
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High
Automatable (AU): Yes
Recovery (R): User
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate
Provider Urgency (U): Green

Base Score 4.0
8.60
Severity 4.0
HIGH

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