Administrator escalation via missing API authorization
Published May 19, 2025 · Updated May 19, 2025
Privilege escalation in TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware 3.8.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain full administrator access. TWCERT/CC identifies missing authorization in a specific management API but does not disclose the endpoint, parameters, or exact authorization check omitted. An existing intermediate-privilege account is required; successful exploitation grants complete administrative control of the product.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware 3.8.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain full administrator access. TWCERT/CC identifies missing authorization in a specific management API but does not disclose the endpoint, parameters, or exact authorization check omitted. An existing intermediate-privilege account is required; successful exploitation grants complete administrative control of the product.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-4477
- Published
- May 19, 2025
- Updated
- May 19, 2025
- Vendor
- TeamT5
- Product
- ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CAPEC-233, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.8.0
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