CVE-2025-54389 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-54389
Vulnerability Scoring

6.2
/10
High Risk

If left unpatched, CVE-2025-54389 could lead to major system disruptions or data loss.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Local
    Vulnerability requires local system access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-54389 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕖 19 Aug 2025, 19:11 UTC
Originally published on: 🕓 14 Aug 2025, 16:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 5 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2025-54389 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-54389: AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Prior to version 0.19.2, there is an improper output neutralization vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can craft a malicious filename by including terminal escape sequences to hide the addition or removal of the file from the report and/or tamper with the log output. A local user might exploit this to bypass the AIDE detection of malicious files. Additionally the output of extended attribute key names and symbolic links targets are also not properly neutralized. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves configuring AIDE to write the report output to a regular file, redirecting stdout to a regular file, or redirecting the log output written to stderr to a regular file.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-54389

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-54389 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-54389

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2025-54389 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-54389, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-54389, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-54389 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2025-54389 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-54389 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2025-54389 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-117

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Audit Log Manipulation CAPEC-268 The attacker injects, manipulates, deletes, or forges malicious log entries into the log file, in an attempt to mislead an audit of the log file or cover tracks of an attack. Due to either insufficient access controls of the log files or the logging mechanism, the attacker is able to perform such actions.
  • Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-81 Web Logs Tampering attacks involve an attacker injecting, deleting or otherwise tampering with the contents of web logs typically for the purposes of masking other malicious behavior. Additionally, writing malicious data to log files may target jobs, filters, reports, and other agents that process the logs in an asynchronous attack pattern. This pattern of attack is similar to "Log Injection-Tampering-Forging" except that in this case, the attack is targeting the logs of the web server and not the application.
  • Log Injection-Tampering-Forging CAPEC-93 This attack targets the log files of the target host. The attacker injects, manipulates or forges malicious log entries in the log file, allowing them to mislead a log audit, cover traces of attack, or perform other malicious actions. The target host is not properly controlling log access. As a result tainted data is resulting in the log files leading to a failure in accountability, non-repudiation and incident forensics capability.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.16:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project:advanced_intrusion_detection_environment:0.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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