CVE-2019-25241 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical authentication vulnerability with hard-coded SSH credentials for the wwwuser account. Attackers can leverage the insecure sudoers configuration to escalate privileges and gain root access by executing sudo commands without authentication.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.iwt.com.hk
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php

History

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical authentication vulnerability with hard-coded SSH credentials for the wwwuser account. Attackers can leverage the insecure sudoers configuration to escalate privileges and gain root access by executing sudo commands without authentication.
Title		FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access
Weaknesses		CWE-798
References		http://www.iwt.com.hk https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067 https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2025-12-24T19:27:58.126Z

Updated: 2025-12-24T20:23:18.700Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T14:27:12.476Z

Link: CVE-2019-25241

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-24T20:15:51.993

Modified: 2025-12-24T21:16:01.973

Link: CVE-2019-25241

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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