CVE-2025-2759

HIGH

GStreamer < 1.25.1 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GStreamer Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of GStreamer. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the product installer. The issue results from incorrect permissions on folders. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of a target user. Was ZDI-CAN-25448.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-268/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (2)
gstreamer/gstreamer < 1.25.1
gstreamer_project/gstreamer < 1.25.1
Published May 22, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026