CVE-2025-1131 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Sangoma Asterisk and Certified Asterisk, specifically within the safe_asterisk script. Non-root users with write access to /etc/asterisk can exploit this by placing malicious scripts in /etc/asterisk/startup.d/, which are then executed with root privileges when the service restarts. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, and requires local access with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 18.26.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 20.0.0, < 20.15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 21.0.0, < 21.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 22.0.0, < 22.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:C/RE:H/U:Amber
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