Nokia Airscale ASIKA Single RAN prior 21B unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nokia Airscale ASIKA Single RAN and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-25185. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Nokia Airscale ASIKA Single RAN. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. A mobile network solution internal fault was found in Nokia Single RAN software releases. Certain software processes in the BTS internal software design have unnecessarily high privileges to BTS embedded operating system (OS) resources.

The weakness was published 06/17/2023. The advisory is shared for download at nokia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-25185 since 02/04/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 21B eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-29149). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Airscale ASIKA Single RAN 21B

Timelineinfo

02/04/2023 🔍
06/17/2023 +132 days 🔍
06/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/29/2025 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nokia.com

Advisory: nokia.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-25185 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-25185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231760
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2023 07:59
Updated: 10/29/2025 01:45
Changes: 06/17/2023 07:59 (47), 07/14/2023 14:01 (11), 10/29/2025 01:45 (16)
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