CVE-2025-7012
Cato Networks Linux Client Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 7th percentile. Fixed in 5.5.
What to do
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- Cato Networks Cato ClientAffected: ≥ 5.0, < 5.5Upgrade to: 5.5Stated by: CVE record
Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in
What it is
From the CVE record
An issue in Cato Networks' CatoClient for Linux, before version 5.5, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root by exploiting improper symbolic link handling.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 7th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 2 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
Technical detail
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
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