There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Hikvision DVR products. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and gaining access to an unrestricted shell environment.
History

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000

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Description There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Hikvision DVR products. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and gaining access to an unrestricted shell environment.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hikvision

Published: 2025-12-19T06:39:38.504Z

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:40:52.217Z

Reserved: 2025-11-24T08:59:35.902Z

Link: CVE-2025-66173

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:40:48.208Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-19T07:16:01.643

Modified: 2025-12-19T18:00:18.330

Link: CVE-2025-66173

cve-icon Redhat

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