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CVE-2025-8979

A vulnerability was identified in Tenda AC15 15.13.07.13. Affected by this vulnerability is the function check_fw_type/split_fireware/check_fw of the component Firmware Update Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:e3a9528b5ce75ae67ac59be07be589d680b241bca62d54e61a285994d0791677
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 4 assertions

{"metric":{"baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":6.8,"vectorString":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"modules":["Firmware Update Handler"],"product":"AC15","vendor":"Tenda","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"15.13.07.13"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

4 source assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":6.8,"vectorString":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-345","description":"Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

7 source assertions
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Tenda/AC15_Auth.md"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"tags":["exploit","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Tenda/AC15_Inte.md"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"name":"VDB-319975 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)","tags":["signature","permissions-required"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319975"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"VDB-319975 | Tenda AC15 Firmware Update check_fw data authenticity","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.319975"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"Submit #628602 | Tenda AC15 V15.13.07.13 CWE-287 Improper Authentication","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.628602"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"Submit #628603 | Tenda AC15 V15.13.07.13 CWE-20 Improper Input Validation (Duplicate)","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.628603"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"tags":["product"],"url":"https://www.tenda.com.cn/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1422bbce561708ae0b83c683d989bdd45829925f947950750208d49dcd70ab05 · sha256:2327d8d87ed4a7b9… · /containers/cna/references/6

Attribution and limitations

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