A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.
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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.
Title Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon
Weaknesses CWE-732
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ProgressSoftware

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-30T07:39:38.530Z

Reserved: 2025-10-17T10:50:29.793Z

Link: CVE-2025-11906

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-30T08:15:32.003

Modified: 2025-10-30T08:15:32.003

Link: CVE-2025-11906

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