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CVE-2025-29165 Details

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://codeberg.org/zuhri/advisory/src/branch/main/CVE-2025-29165 [email protected]Broken Link
https://github.com/twentysevns/Vuln-IoT-Reports/blob/main/DLINK/DIR-1253/README.md [email protected]Broken Link
https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/ [email protected]Product
https://zuh.re/cve/2025-29165/ [email protected]Broken Link

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
dlink dir-1253 firmware
1.6.1684

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-1253_firmware:1.6.1684:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
dlink dir-1253
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dir-1253:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-29165
NVD Published Date:
Mar 5, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2025-29165 Details - Not Deferred