Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-25647

LPE in Zte Axon 30 Firmware ≤ 3.0.0b06

Published
17 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 4.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-25647 is a medium-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Zte Axon 30 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

There is a permission and access control vulnerability in some ZTE mobile phones. Due to improper access control, applications in mobile phone could monitor the touch event.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

zte
axon 30 firmware
≤ 3.0.0b06
zte
axon 40 pro firmware
≤ 1.0.0b16
zte
axon 40 ultra firmware
≤ 2.0.0b17
zte
nubia z50 firmware
≤ 1.0.0b19mr

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 10 hardening rules · 8 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

The small, testable reference monitor reduces the likelihood of incorrect authorization implementations.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

Certification evaluates whether authorization decisions are correctly implemented and enforced.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

Periodic review and documentation of connection needs reduces incorrect authorization.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Restricting who can perform changes helps ensure privileges are managed properly rather than assigned broadly.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Manages privileges by authorizing only approved personnel and supervising those lacking required authorizations for maintenance.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

PR.AA-05 enforces least privilege/SoD and periodic reviews that directly remove most privilege-assignment defects, yet CWE-269 also covers escalation paths and role design outside a single access-management control.

PR.AA-01 partial match
prevents

PR.AA-01 supplies credential/identity lifecycle support that can reduce some privilege-assignment errors but does not itself assign, modify, or check privileges, leaving most of CWE-269's risk unaddressed.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Config baselines and default reviews can enforce some privilege-related settings (one facet) but do not address code-level assignment/tracking logic that defines CWE-269.

PR.PS-05 partial match
prevents

PR.PS-05 can partially limit exploitability of some privilege issues via execution restrictions, but does not address the core design/implementation flaws of CWE-269 at all.

PR.DS-10 none match
prevents

PR.DS-10 protects data-in-use without touching privilege assignment/tracking, so it neither prevents CWE-269 nor removes more than one narrow facet of its risk.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Requiring owner approval, segregation of duties, and periodic reviews prevents the assignment of excessive or unnecessary privileges to users or processes.

prevents

Enforcing minimum-necessary privileges, temporary grants, and separation of administrative versus normal identities prevents the over-assignment of rights that CWE-269 describes.

prevents

Dynamic techniques that grant the minimum necessary rights for a given time window and revoke them afterward reduce the window in which excessive or unnecessary privileges can be exploited.

prevents

Explicit restrictions on privileged access and segregation of duties limit the scope of privileges that can be assigned, reducing the chance that excessive or unnecessary privileges are granted to entities.

prevents

Defining and communicating authorization levels for each role limits the assignment of excessive or unnecessary privileges.

mitigates

Separating duties such as developing software from administering production systems prevents any one person from accumulating excessive privileges that would constitute improper privilege management.

References