CVE-2025-59697
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.02
BB Relevance:
34/100
Published: 2025-12-02
Modified: 2026-11-04
First seen: 2026-11-04
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
Scope Change
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Physical
AC:
Low
PR:
High
UI:
None
S:
Changed
C:
High
I:
High
A:
High
Description
Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7 (patched in 13.6.12 (LTS) and 13.9.0 (STS)), allow a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges by editing the Legacy GRUB bootloader configuration to start a root shell upon boot of the host OS. This is called F06.
Affected Software (5)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| entrust | nshield_5c_firmware | < 13.6.12 |
| entrust | nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware | < 13.6.12 |
| entrust | nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware | < 13.6.12 |
| entrust | nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware | < 13.6.12 |
| entrust | nshield_hsmi_firmware | < 13.6.12 |
References & Advisories (4)
Product
Exploit
Third Party Advisory