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ghsa-mvpq-6rgj-x5xq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-11-11 09:30

Modified

2025-11-11 09:30

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The ACAP Application framework could allow privilege escalation through a symlink attack. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

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CVE-2025-5718 (GCVE-0-2025-5718)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-11-11 06:52

Modified

2025-11-12 04:57

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Summary

The ACAP Application framework could allow privilege escalation through a symlink attack. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

References

URL

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https://www.axis.com/dam/public/3c/a4/6a/cve-2025-5718pdf-en-US-504214.pdf

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Axis Communications AB	AXIS OS	Version: 12.0.0 ≤

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