VDB-309176 · CVE-2025-0921 · GCVE-0-2025-0921

Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64/MC Works64 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 and MC Works64. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-0921. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 and MC Works64 (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in multiple services of Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suite all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MC Works64 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS version 11.00, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS version 11.00, Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS32 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS32 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric BizViz all versions, and Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions BizViz all versions allows a local authenticated attacker to make an unauthorized write to arbitrary files, by creating a symbolic link from a file used as a write destination by the services of the affected products to a target file. This could allow the attacker to destroy the file on a PC with the affected products installed, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the PC if the destroyed file is necessary for the operation of the PC.

The advisory is shared for download at mitsubishielectric.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-0921 since 01/31/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Mitsubishi Electric

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License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/31/2025 🔍
05/16/2025 +104 days 🔍
05/16/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/09/2026 +238 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mitsubishielectric.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0921 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0921
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309176

Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2025 08:25
Updated: 01/09/2026 10:11
Changes: 05/16/2025 08:25 (60), 05/29/2025 09:28 (1), 01/09/2026 10:11 (1)
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