Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-9056

Access Control in Tecno Audiolink 1.3.0.87

Published
10 December 2025
Modified
02 January 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-9056 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Tecno Audiolink. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 9th 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

Vulnerability Data

Unprotected service in the AudioLink component allows a local attacker to overwrite system files via unauthorized service invocation.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Local unauthorized service invocation enables file overwrite on system files, directly facilitating privilege escalation via exploitation of the authorization flaw.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-33650Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-32915Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-41344Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-44380Shared CWE-863
CVE-2025-59824Shared CWE-863
CVE-2023-5521Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-13067Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-6739Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-46549Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-32906Shared CWE-863

Affected Assets

tecno
audiolink
1.3.0.87

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks on service invocation to block the unauthorized AudioLink access described in the CVE.

prevent

Ensures the AudioLink service and any invoked operations execute only with the minimal privileges needed, limiting the ability to overwrite system files.

prevent

Restricts which principals or processes may perform configuration or file-modifying changes, mitigating the unauthorized overwrite vector.

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

Defining, enforcing, and reviewing access authorizations and least privilege directly prevents incorrect authorization checks.

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 consistency between access rights and classification plus formal approval steps ensures that the authorization logic correctly distinguishes between entities that should and should not be granted access.

prevents

Enforcing policy-driven approval and role-change reviews stops incorrect or stale authorization decisions from remaining in effect after job changes or terminations.

prevents

By tying access rights to identity, device, location and classification, the control reduces the likelihood that an authorization decision will be based on an incorrect or bypassed policy.

References