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CVE-2025-66173

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:2a2839728dbe7f5541f6586c59f197b6bcc5387a798d54b82498ffcf9f2cd870
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"product":"DS-7104HGHI-F1","vendor":"Hikvision","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"Versions below V4.30.122_201107 (including V4.30.122_201107)"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"product":"DS-7204HGHI-F1","vendor":"Hikvision","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"Versions below V4.30.122_201107 (including V4.30.122_201107)"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"product":"DS-7104HGHI-F1","vendor":"Hikvision","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"Versions below V4.30.122_201107 (including V4.30.122_201107)"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"product":"DS-7204HGHI-F1","vendor":"Hikvision","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"Versions below V4.30.122_201107 (including V4.30.122_201107)"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"PHYSICAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.2,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://www.hikvision.com/en/support/cybersecurity/security-advisory/serial-port-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-some-hikvision-nvr-devices/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d22ba4cdd8582dfa4cfd67ddafd3f3e777090994b9bb50b27851dca46986b2a2 · sha256:0fc7e82f94d439f2… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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