VDB-334085 · CVE-2025-59704 · EUVD-2025-200271

Entrust nShield Connect XC/nShield 5c/nShield HSMi up to 13.6.11/13.7 BIOS Menu Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c and nShield HSMi up to 13.6.11/13.7 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BIOS Menu. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-59704. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c and nShield HSMi up to 13.6.11/13.7 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component BIOS Menu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allow an attacker to gain access the the BIOS menu because is has no password.

The advisory is shared at entrust.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-59704 since 09/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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-2025-200271). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Entrust

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/18/2025 CVE reserved
12/02/2025 +75 days Advisory disclosed
12/02/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/08/2025 +6 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: entrust.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-59704 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59704
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-334085
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 12/02/2025 16:37
Updated: 12/08/2025 21:17
Changes: 12/02/2025 16:37 (51), 12/02/2025 18:58 (1), 12/08/2025 21:17 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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