Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-0457

HighRCE

Published: 16 January 2025

Published
16 January 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0228 85.0th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-0457 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Org (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 15.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

The airPASS software from NetVision Information contains an OS command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0457 and assigned CWE-78. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 and permits unauthenticated command execution when reached over the network.

Remote attackers holding regular user privileges can supply crafted input that is passed to the underlying operating system, enabling them to execute arbitrary commands and obtain full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.

Official advisories published by Taiwan's CERT on 16 January 2025 provide mitigation guidance and are available at https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-8362-efb33-2.html and https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-8361-ff3fb-1.html. The associated EPSS score remains low at 0.0228 with no material increase since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The airPASS from NetVision Information has an OS Command Injection vulnerability, allowing remote attackers with regular privileges to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

OS command injection (CWE-78) in a remotely accessible application directly enables arbitrary command execution via T1059 (Command and Scripting Interpreter) and remote exploitation of a public-facing app via T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Org
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly prevents OS command injection by requiring validation and sanitization of inputs before they are processed or passed to system commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
preventrecover

Mitigates the specific CVE by requiring identification, reporting, and timely remediation of known software flaws like this command injection vulnerability.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Limits the impact of successful command injection by enforcing least privilege on accounts and processes, restricting arbitrary OS command execution even with regular user privileges.

References