Open-Source RISC-V Processor f517abb privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Open-Source RISC-V Processor f517abb. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-45006. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Open-Source RISC-V Processor f517abb and classified as critical. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper mstatus.SUM bit retention (non-zero) in Open-Source RISC-V Processor commit f517abb violates privileged spec constraints, enabling potential physical memory access attacks.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-45006 since 04/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19672). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/22/2025 CVE reserved
07/01/2025 +70 days Advisory disclosed
07/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/02/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-45006 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-45006
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314591
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2025 22:42
Updated: 07/02/2025 16:25
Changes: 07/01/2025 22:42 (50), 07/01/2025 23:05 (1), 07/02/2025 16:25 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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