CVE-2016-20025 identifies an insecure file permissions vulnerability within ZKTeco ZKAccess Professional 3.5.3, enabling authenticated users to escalate privileges by modifying executable files. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows attackers with low privileges to remotely replace legitimate executable binaries with malicious code, resulting in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code availability, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZKTeco Inc. | ZKTeco ZKAccess Professional | 3.5.3 (Build 0005)CNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.