CVE-2025-1755 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in MongoDB Compass versions prior to 1.42.1, also affecting Microsoft and Red Hat products. By storing a specially crafted file in C:\node_modules\, an attacker could potentially execute unauthorized actions with elevated privileges on a user's system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and privileges required. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:compass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0_aarch64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:9.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0_s390xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:9.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0_ppc64leCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.