CVE-2025-8109
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-8109 is a high-severity Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges (CWE-280) vulnerability in Imaginationtech (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Ptrace System Calls (T1055.008); ranked at the 32th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23498
Vulnerability Data
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct ptrace system calls to issue writes to GPU origin read only memory.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct reference to ptrace system calls enabling unauthorized writes matches T1055.008 exactly; CWE-280 permission handling weakness facilitates this process injection vector.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces access control policies so that non-privileged processes cannot issue ptrace writes to GPU read-only memory.
Ensures processes run with only the privileges required, blocking the ability of a non-privileged user to perform unauthorized ptrace memory writes.
Applies hardware-enforced write protection to memory regions, directly mitigating writes to GPU origin read-only memory via ptrace.
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.
Defining, enforcing and reviewing access permissions with least privilege directly prevents code paths that mishandle insufficient privileges.
Runtime monitoring of software and data surfaces adverse events triggered by unhandled permission failures.
Generating logs of permission-related events enables detection and analysis of improper handling.
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 missing or incorrect privilege handling.
Defines access-control policy that should prevent insufficient-privilege situations.
Specifies how access rights are granted, reviewed and revoked, directly addressing privilege handling.
Requires explicit management of privileged access rights, reducing the chance of missing privilege checks.
Secure-SDLC practices include privilege checks during design and coding.
Secure-coding standards require proper permission checks before resource access.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that reduce the attack surface for weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Derived transitively via CVE→CWE→STIG over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248548 OL 8 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. via CWE-280