CVE-2025-29165CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p45.6%

CVE-2025-29165CVE-2025-29165

Description

An issue in D-Link DIR-1253 MESH V1.6.1684 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the etc/shadow.sample component

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.63% probability of exploitation · percentile 45.6% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-03-05
Last modified2026-05-06

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-269

References

  1. https://codeberg.org/zuhri/advisory/src/branch/main/CVE-2025-29165
  2. https://github.com/twentysevns/Vuln-IoT-Reports/blob/main/DLINK/DIR-1253/README.md
  3. https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/
  4. https://zuh.re/cve/2025-29165/

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Privilege Managementcwe-2690%live

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