VDB-306563 · CVE-2025-23180 · GCVE-0-2025-23180

Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-23180. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented by Pierpaolo Santucci. It is possible to read the advisory at gov.il. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23180 since 01/12/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/29/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Ribbon Communications

Name

Apollo 9608

Version

9.6R3

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2025 🔍
04/29/2025 +106 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gov.il
Researcher: Pierpaolo Santucci
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-23180 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23180
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306563

Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2025 18:47
Changes: 04/29/2025 18:47 (60)
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