Adjacent authenticated privilege escalation
Published Apr 29, 2025 · Updated Apr 29, 2025
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. The published CNA record identifies CWE-250 but does not disclose the affected component, elevated operation, or attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access from an adjacent network and grants access capable of reading or altering protected data and interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. The published CNA record identifies CWE-250 but does not disclose the affected component, elevated operation, or attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access from an adjacent network and grants access capable of reading or altering protected data and interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-23180
- Published
- Apr 29, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Ribbon Communications
- Product
- Apollo 9608
- Classifications
- CWE-250
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=v9.6R3
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