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.
Published: 2025-12-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X'}


Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Metrics 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'}

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X'}


Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Iwt facesentry Access Control System Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Iwt facesentry Access Control System Firmware

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Iwt
Iwt facesentry Access Control System
Vendors & Products Iwt
Iwt facesentry Access Control System

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

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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
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'}


Subscriptions

Iwt Facesentry Access Control System Facesentry Access Control System Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-31T13:57:16.676Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-25241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-24T20:04:23.386Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2025-12-31T14:15:50.723

Link: CVE-2019-25241

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-29T22:33:41Z

Weaknesses