{"id":"CVE-2025-4971","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-4971","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:18:13.614Z","title":"Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix versions < 24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution rights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.","description":"Broadcom Automic\nAutomation Agent Unix versions <\n24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution\nrights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.","published":"2025-05-20T00:15:25.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:34:25.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"vuln@ca.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0059,"percentile":0.4792,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-05-29","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52309,"kind":"exploit","title":"Automic Agent 24.3.0 HF4 - Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52309","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/52309.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/52309.txt","published":"2025-05-29","added":"2025-05-29","updated":"2025-05-29","author":"Flora Schäfer","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2025-4971"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25732","source":"vuln@ca.com"},{"url":"https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2025-01.txt","source":"vuln@ca.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4971","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}