PT-2025-32051 · Kenwood · Kenwood Dmx958Xr

Byteinsight · Published 2025-08-05 · Updated 2025-08-20 · CVE-2025-8642

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kenwood DMX958XR (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices without authentication. The flaw resides in the firmware update process due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input before executing a system call, enabling an attacker to execute code with root privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-8642

ZDI-25-790

Affected Products

Kenwood Dmx958Xr

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-790 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8642 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8642 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1953009392275566800 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1952957732899938579 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1958254001226486155 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/29265 · Telegram Post