GFI Kerio Control 9.4.5 upgrade.sh missing authentication
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in GFI Kerio Control 9.4.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the file upgrade.sh. The manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-34071. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in GFI Kerio Control 9.4.5. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file upgrade.sh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A remote code execution vulnerability in GFI Kerio Control 9.4.5 allows attackers with administrative access to upload and execute arbitrary code through the firmware upgrade feature. The system upgrade mechanism accepts unsigned .img files, which can be modified to include malicious scripts within the upgrade.sh or disk image components. These modified upgrade images are not validated for authenticity or integrity, and are executed by the system post-upload, enabling root access.
The weakness was released by Z3er01. The advisory is shared for download at ssd-disclosure.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-34071 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/17/2025).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19720). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6
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VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploiting
Class: Missing authenticationCWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/15/2025 CVE reserved07/02/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/02/2025 VulDB entry created
09/17/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: ssd-disclosure.comResearcher: Z3er01
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2025-34071 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-34071
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314616
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Entry
Created: 07/02/2025 16:13Updated: 09/17/2025 16:12
Changes: 07/02/2025 16:13 (66), 07/02/2025 17:08 (1), 09/17/2025 16:12 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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