Vulnerability in Sick Ag Meac300
CVE-2025-0867
The standard user uses the run as function to start the MEAC applications with administrative privileges. To ensure that the system can startup on its own, the credentials of the administrator were stored. Consequently, the EPC2 user can execute any command with administrative privileges. This allows a privilege escalation to the administrative level.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Sick Ag Meac300 — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sick.com/psirt (x_SICK PSIRT Website)
- cdn.sick.com/media/docs/1/11/411/Special_information_CYBERSECURITY_BY_SICK_en_I… (x_SICK Operating Guidelines)
- www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices (x_ICS-CERT recommended practices on Industrial Security)
- www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1 (x_CVSS v3.1 Calculator)
- www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0001.pdf (vendor-advisory)
- www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0001.json (vendor-advisory, x_csaf)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-0867?
- CVE-2025-0867 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sick Ag Meac300, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2025-02-14.
- How severe is CVE-2025-0867?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.