{"id":76093,"date":"2025-09-23T14:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:57:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-25T05:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:20:24","slug":"cve-2025-9972-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-industrial-cellular-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9972-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-industrial-cellular-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-9972: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in Industrial Cellular Gateway<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A severe vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9972, has been discovered in certain models of Industrial Cellular Gateway developed by Planet Technology. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on the affected device, potentially leading to a system compromise or data leakage. Given the widespread use of these devices in various industries, this vulnerability, if left unpatched, could have far-reaching and devastating impacts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58059-critical-vulnerability-in-valtimo-s-business-process-automation-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86229\">businesses and critical<\/a> infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-9972<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85585\">System compromise<\/a>, potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1090860179\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Industrial Cellular Gateway | All versions prior to patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-9972 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57771-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-roo-code-ai\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84823\">vulnerability stems from inadequate input sanitization in the system&#8217;s command<\/a> processing unit. An attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43884-command-injection-vulnerability-in-dell-powerprotect-data-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90037\">data packets that contain malicious OS commands<\/a>. Since the system does not correctly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52451-improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-salesforce-tableau-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85913\">validate or sanitize the input<\/a>, these commands are executed directly on the device&#8217;s operating system. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8067-udisks-daemon-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85731\">potentially take control of the device or leak sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1387499458\" 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 conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0074-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sdp-discovery\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83673\">code represents a malicious HTTP POST request to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint on the device:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;command&quot;: &quot;; rm -rf \/;&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a command to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9048-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wptobe-memberships-plugin-in-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85214\">delete all files<\/a> from the device&#8217;s root directory. The semicolon (;) is used to separate commands, and `rm -rf \/` is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49414-unrestricted-upload-of-file-with-dangerous-type-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91445\">dangerous command that recursively removes all files<\/a> in the specified directory. In this case, it is targeting the root directory (\/), effectively deleting all data on the device.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users are urged to apply the latest vendor patch as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation by blocking or alerting on suspicious network traffic. Regularly updating and patching system software, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6791-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-centreon-web-monitoring-event-logs-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84072\">monitoring system logs<\/a> for any unusual activity, can also help in preventing the exploitation of this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A severe vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9972, has been discovered in certain models of Industrial Cellular Gateway developed by Planet Technology. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on the affected device, potentially leading to a system compromise or data leakage. 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