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CVE-2025-29165

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-29165 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in D-Link DIR-1253 MESH V1.6.1684, specifically within the etc/shadow.sample component. While a CVSS score is not available, successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected device. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.1684CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-1253_firmware:1.6.1684:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

codeberg.org / zuhri/advisory/src/branch/main/CVE-2025-29165
Broken Link
github.com / twentysevns/Vuln-IoT-Reports/blob/main/DLINK/DIR-1253/README.md
Broken Link
dlink.com / en/security-bulletin
Product
zuh.re / cve/2025-29165
Broken Link