CVE-2025-66173

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Hikvision DVR products

Medium · published December 19, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Hikvision DVR products. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and gaining access to an unrestricted shell environment.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00211 · 10.9th percentile
Published
2025-12-19T06:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 DEC 06:39Z
    There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Hikvision DVR products
    cvelistv5