CVE-2025-66263
Dbbroadcast Mozart Next 3000 Firmware
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-66263 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character (CWE-158) vulnerability in Dbbroadcast Mozart Next 3000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.9 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 31th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-199670
Vulnerability Data
Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte Injection in DB Electronica Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. Mozart FM Transmitter versions 30, 50, 100, 300, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 3500, 6000, 7000 allows an attacker to perform Null byte injection in download_setting.php allows reading…
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arbitrary files. The `/var/tdf/download_setting.php` endpoint constructs file paths by concatenating user-controlled `$_GET['filename']` with a forced `.tgz` extension. Running on PHP 5.3.2 (pre-5.3.4), the application is vulnerable to null byte injection (%00), allowing attackers to bypass the extension restriction and traverse paths. By requesting `filename=../../../../etc/passwd%00`, the underlying C functions treat the null byte as a string terminator, ignoring the appended `.tgz` and enabling unauthenticated arbitrary file disclosure of any file readable by the web server user.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Null byte + path traversal in unauthenticated web endpoint directly enables T1190 exploitation of public-facing app and T1005 arbitrary local file read.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of the user-supplied filename parameter to block null-byte injection and path traversal sequences before the path is constructed.
Enforces authentication and authorization checks on the download_setting.php endpoint so that unauthenticated requests cannot reach the vulnerable file-path logic.
Limits the privileges of the web-server process so that even a successful traversal can only read files already accessible to that low-privileged account.
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.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input neutralization and validation to prevent null-byte flaws.
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.
Security testing can detect null-byte flaws but does not itself implement the neutralization.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and sanitization that directly prevents null-byte injection.
Application security requirements include explicit rules for neutralizing dangerous characters such as NUL.
Secure architecture principles reduce the likelihood of unsafe data flows but do not prescribe character neutralization.
Secure coding standards explicitly require proper neutralization of null bytes and other metacharacters.