Infinera G42 up to 7.x SFTP Service insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Infinera G42 up to 7.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SFTP Service. Such manipulation leads to insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-27024. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Infinera G42 up to 7.x. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component SFTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted access to OS file system in SFTP service in Infinera G42 version R6.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to read/write OS files via SFTP connections. Details: Account members of the Network Administrator profile can access the target machine via SFTP with the same credentials used for SSH CLI access and are able to read all files according to the OS permission instead of remaining inside the chrooted directory position.

The advisory is shared for download at cvcn.gov.it. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-27024 since 02/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19705). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficient privileges
CWE: CWE-274 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: G42 8.0

Timelineinfo

02/18/2025 CVE reserved
07/02/2025 +133 days Advisory disclosed
07/02/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/11/2026 +224 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cvcn.gov.it
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-27024 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27024
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314612
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2025 11:46
Updated: 02/11/2026 23:17
Changes: 07/02/2025 11:46 (63), 07/02/2025 13:17 (1), 02/11/2026 23:17 (12)
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