CVE-2025-5718 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-5718

The ACAP Application framework could allow privilege escalation through a...

Vulnerability Description

The ACAP Application framework could allow privilege escalation through a symlink attack. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Keanesec

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Affected Vendor

Axis Communications AB

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Affected Software

AXIS OS
Vulnerable Versions:
12.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 11th, 2025
Last Modified: February 26th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence