VDB-330543 · CVE-2025-11906 · EUVD-2025-36972

Progress Flowmon up to 12.5.6 System Configuration permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Progress Flowmon up to 12.5.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component System Configuration Handler. Performing a manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-11906. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Progress Flowmon up to 12.5.6. This affects an unknown part of the component System Configuration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.

It is possible to read the advisory at community.progress.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-11906 since 10/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/30/2025).

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-2025-36972). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Progress

Name

Flowmon

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.7
CNA Vector (ProgressSoftware): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

10/17/2025 CVE reserved
10/30/2025 +13 days Advisory disclosed
10/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.progress.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-11906 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11906
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330543
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2025 09:43
Updated: 10/30/2025 11:29
Changes: 10/30/2025 09:43 (61), 10/30/2025 11:29 (1)
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