CVE-2025-1424

Privilege Escalation Through SUID Binary and Developer Mode

Severity Score

8.6

*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability in PocketBook InkPad Color 3 allows attackers to escalate to root privileges if they gain physical access to the device.
This issue affects InkPad Color 3 in version U743k3.6.8.3671.

A privilege escalation vulnerability in PocketBook InkPad Color 3 allows attackers to escalate to root privileges if they gain physical access to the device. This issue affects InkPad Color 3 in version U743k3.6.8.3671.

*Credits: Benjamin Faller, Redguard AG

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Requirements

None

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

System

Vulnerable | Subsequent

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-02-18 CVE Reserved
2025-03-04 CVE Published
2025-03-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-04 First Exploit
2025-03-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.redguard.ch/blog/2025/03/04/security-advisory-pocketbook-inkpad-color-3	2025-03-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
-		-				-		-		-