Medium severity · published Aug 20, 2025
CVE-2025-8453
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access…
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and
arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file
used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SD
Saitel DP RTU · Schneider Electric
Versions 11.06.34 and prior · source: vendor
SD
Saitel DR RTU · Schneider Electric
Versions 11.06.29 and prior · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8453
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8453
download.schneider-electric.com
https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2025-224-01&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2025-224-01.pdf
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