9.9
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-0867
Adobe MEAC Privilege Escalation
Description

The standard user uses the run as function to start the MEAC applications with administrative privileges. To ensure that the system can startup on its own, the credentials of the administrator were stored. Consequently, the EPC2 user can execute any command with administrative privileges. This allows a privilege escalation to the administrative level.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 14, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 14, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-0867 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-0867 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
SICK Warns of Severe Security Flaws in MEAC300 Sensors – CVE-2025-0867 Rated 9.9 CVSS

SICK, a leading sensor manufacturer, has issued a security advisory regarding multiple vulnerabilities affecting its MEAC300 line of programmable sensor devices. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-20 ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 20, 2025 (2 days, 7 hours ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-0867 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The standard user uses the run as function to start the MEAC applications with administrative privileges. To ensure that the system can startup on its own, the credentials of the administrator were stored. Consequently, the EPC2 user can execute any command with administrative privileges. This allows a privilege escalation to the administrative level.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-522
    Added Reference https://cdn.sick.com/media/docs/1/11/411/Special_information_CYBERSECURITY_BY_SICK_en_IM0084411.PDF
    Added Reference https://sick.com/psirt
    Added Reference https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
    Added Reference https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1
    Added Reference https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0001.json
    Added Reference https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0001.pdf
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-0867 is associated with the following CWEs:

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