CVE-2025-8656

MEDIUM

Kenwood DMX958XR - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Kenwood DMX958XR Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to downgrade software on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the libSystemLib library. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of version information before performing an update. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-26355.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-693
Status published
Products (1)
jvckenwood/dmx958xr_firmware 1.0.0509.3100
Published Aug 06, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026