CVE-2025-34197Public exploit

Local root access via preset console credentials

Published Sep 19, 2025 · Updated Sep 19, 2025

Hard-coded credentials in Vasion Print Application before 20.0.2368 and Virtual Appliance Host before 22.0.951 allow local users to gain root. The appliance image provisions an undocumented ubuntu account with a preset password in /etc/shadow and grants it unrestricted passwordless sudo in /etc/sudoers. Exploitation requires the preset password and local console or equivalent administrative access; SSH password login is disabled, but successful console login permits arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS severity8.6
High
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded credentials in Vasion Print Application before 20.0.2368 and Virtual Appliance Host before 22.0.951 allow local users to gain root. The appliance image provisions an undocumented ubuntu account with a preset password in /etc/shadow and grants it unrestricted passwordless sudo in /etc/sudoers. Exploitation requires the preset password and local console or equivalent administrative access; SSH password login is disabled, but successful console login permits arbitrary commands as root.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-34197
Published
Sep 19, 2025
Updated
Sep 19, 2025
Vendor
Vasion
Product
Vasion Print Application
Classifications
CWE-798, CAPEC-121, T1548.003, T1078.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=* <20.0.2368

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Vasion · Vasion Print Applicationversion=* <20.0.2368
Vasion · Vasion Print Virtual Appliance Hostversion=* <22.0.951

Published CVSS scores

8.6VulnCheckCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CAPEC-121Exploit Non-Production Interfaces
T1548.003Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Sudo and Sudo Caching
T1078.001Valid Accounts Default Accounts

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