Wind River Studio Developer prior 24.11 privilege context switching

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wind River Studio Developer. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privilege context switching. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-26499. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Wind River Studio Developer and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege context switching vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-270. The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Under heavy system utilization a random race condition can occur during authentication or token refresh operation. This flaw allows one user to be granted a token intended for another user, resulting in impersonation until the session is ended. This flaw cannot be intentionally exploited due to the required concurring action by two users. However, if the event occurs a user would be inadvertently exposed to another user’s system rights and data access.

It is possible to read the advisory at windriver.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-26499 since 02/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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.

Upgrading to version 24.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-28977). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege context switching
CWE: CWE-270 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Studio Developer 24.11

Timelineinfo

02/11/2025 CVE reserved
09/11/2025 +211 days Advisory disclosed
09/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: windriver.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-26499 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-26499
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-323707
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2025 19:40
Updated: 09/12/2025 00:54
Changes: 09/11/2025 19:40 (61), 09/12/2025 00:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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