CVE-2025-3925 (GCVE-0-2025-3925)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-07 20:18 – Updated: 2025-05-08 14:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
BrightSign Players Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
BrightSign players running BrightSign OS series 4 prior to v8.5.53.1 or
series 5 prior to v9.0.166 contain an execution with unnecessary
privileges vulnerability, allowing for privilege escalation on the
device once code execution has been obtained.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-08 14:04 UTC
CWE
Assigner
icscert
CNA
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BrightSign | BrightSign OS series 4 players |
Affected:
0 , < v8.5.53.1
(custom)
|
|
| BrightSign | BrightSign OS series 5 players |
Affected:
0 , < v9.0.166
(custom)
|
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