A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Progress
Progress flowmon
Vendors & Products Progress
Progress flowmon

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Description A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.
Title Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon
Weaknesses CWE-732
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ProgressSoftware

Published: 2025-10-30T07:39:38.530Z

Updated: 2025-10-30T14:14:33.217Z

Reserved: 2025-10-17T10:50:29.793Z

Link: CVE-2025-11906

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-30T14:14:28.500Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-30T08:15:32.003

Modified: 2025-10-30T15:03:13.440

Link: CVE-2025-11906

cve-icon Redhat

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