Local privilege escalation via hard-coded database password
Published Mar 10, 2025 · Updated Mar 12, 2025
Hard-coded credentials in GE Vernova EnerVista UR Setup 8.42 allow local users to bypass authentication and gain elevated access. The application encrypts its local user database with a password embedded in the program, allowing code inspection to recover the password and unlock stored account data. Local access to the application files is required; successful exploitation bypasses software authentication and permits privilege escalation.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in GE Vernova EnerVista UR Setup 8.42 allow local users to bypass authentication and gain elevated access. The application encrypts its local user database with a password embedded in the program, allowing code inspection to recover the password and unlock stored account data. Local access to the application files is required; successful exploitation bypasses software authentication and permits privilege escalation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-27255
- Published
- Mar 10, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Vendor
- GE Vernova
- Product
- EnerVista UR Setup
- Classifications
- CWE-798, CAPEC-233, T1555
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=8.42
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