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 declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-23181. The attack must originate from the local network. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared by Pierpaolo Santucci. The advisory is shared for download at gov.il. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-23181 since 01/12/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/29/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp 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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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-2025-23181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306564

Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2025 18:47
Changes: 04/29/2025 18:47 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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