SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-53696

Description

iSTAR Ultra performs a firmware verification on boot, however the verification does not inspect certain portions of the firmware. These firmware parts may contain malicious code. Tested up to firmware 6.9.2, later firmwares are also possibly affected.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dragos	Istar Ultra	*, 6.9.2

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-494

Download of Code Without Integrity Check

The product downloads source code or an executable from a remote location and executes the code without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	dragos	istar_ultra	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	dragos	istar_ultra	6.9.2	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reidmefirst/vuln-disclosure/refs/heads/main/2025-03.txt

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: NONE
Privileges Required: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: HIGH
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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

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Timeline

Published: July 28, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 29, 2025, 2:14 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

ot-cert@dragos.com

CVE-2025-53696