{"id":63993,"date":"2025-08-12T03:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:23:11","slug":"cve-2025-24005-local-privilege-escalation-via-vulnerable-ssh-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24005-local-privilege-escalation-via-vulnerable-ssh-script\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-24005: Local Privilege Escalation via Vulnerable SSH Script<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our ever-evolving digital world, cybersecurity threats continue to emerge with increasing complexity and potential for damage. One such threat is the CVE-2025-24005 vulnerability, a security flaw that could lead to local privilege escalation. The vulnerability affects systems that use certain scripts over SSH, potentially enabling a local attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6754-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-seo-metrics-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72703\">escalate privileges<\/a> to the root level. This is a significant concern as it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74905\">lead to full system compromise and data<\/a> leakage, which could have devastating consequences for organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-24005<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40741-stack-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75796\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-143298931\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>SSH Server | All versions up to 2.10.5<br \/>\nLinux Kernel | 3.10.0-1127<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit works by leveraging a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44954-critical-vulnerability-in-ruckus-smartzone-due-to-hardcoded-ssh-private-key\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73982\">vulnerable script over SSH<\/a>. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25268-unauthenticated-adjacent-attacker-accessing-api-endpoint\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77714\">attacker with local access<\/a> to the system can use the script to send specially crafted input data. Due to improper input validation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50754-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-in-unisite-cms-5-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74698\">script processes the input and can be tricked into executing<\/a> commands with root privileges. This allows an attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6187-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-bsecure-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72962\">escalate their privileges<\/a> to root level, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1035315921\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a hypothetical example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. Note that this is a simplified and generic example, not an actual exploit code.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#!\/bin\/bash\n# Assume we are a low privilege user\necho &quot;Current user: $(whoami)&quot;\n# Run the vulnerable script with malicious input\n# Here, the input is crafted to exploit the vulnerability and run arbitrary commands with root privileges\nssh -c &quot;vulnerable_script &#039;&amp;&amp; echo \\&quot;Malicious code executed with user: $(whoami)\\&quot; &amp;&amp;&#039;&quot;\n# If successful, the output should show that the malicious code was executed with root privileges<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the patch provided by the vendor. If a patch is not immediately available or cannot be applied right away, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation. These can monitor network traffic and detect and block suspicious activities. However, this is not a permanent fix and should only be used as a stopgap measure until the patch can be applied. Regularly updating and patching software is the most effective way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43728-protection-mechanism-failure-vulnerability-in-dell-thinos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90258\">protect against such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In our ever-evolving digital world, cybersecurity threats continue to emerge with increasing complexity and potential for damage. One such threat is the CVE-2025-24005 vulnerability, a security flaw that could lead to local privilege escalation. The vulnerability affects systems that use certain scripts over SSH, potentially enabling a local attacker to escalate privileges to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[88],"product":[95],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-63993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-linux","product-linux-kernel","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63993"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83198,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63993\/revisions\/83198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=63993"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=63993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}