- Description
- Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allow a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges by editing the Legacy GRUB bootloader configuration to start a root shell upon boot of the host OS. This is called F06.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Products
- nshield_5c_firmware, nshield_hsmi_firmware, nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware, nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware, nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 6
- Exploitability score
- 0.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- CWE-269
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
CVE-2025-59697 Entrust nShield HSM Legacy GRUB Bootloader Local Privilege Escalation https://t.co/eUcIVbPTqb
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CVE-2025-59697 Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allow a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges by editing the Legacy … https://t.co/VwlRcuxYOA
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