CVE-2025-54086 is an excess permissions vulnerability in the
Warehouse component of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 14.10. Attackers
with access to the local file system can read the Java keystore file. The
attack complexity is low, there are no attack requirements, the privileges
required are low and no user interaction is required. Impact to confidentiality
is low, there is no impact to integrity or availability.
Weakness
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Potential Mitigations
- Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
- Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
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