CVE-2025-59699 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi devices up to versions 13.6.11 or 13.7. A physically proximate attacker can exploit insecure default settings in the Legacy GRUB Bootloader to boot from a USB device with a valid root filesystem. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires physical access to the device. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.7, < 13.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.7, < 13.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.