1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- CVSS v4 8.6
- ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
- Vendor: Keysight
- Equipment: Ixia Vision Product Family
- Vulnerabilities: Path Traversal, Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could crash the device being accessed; a buffer overflow condition may allow remote code execution.
3. TECHNICAL DETAILS
3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Keysight reports the following versions of Vision Network Packet Broker product family are affected:
- Ixia Vision Product Family: Versions 6.3.1
3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW
3.2.1 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory CWE-22
Path traversal may allow remote code execution using privileged account (requires device admin account, cannot be performed by a regular user). In combination with the ‘Upload’ functionality this could be used to execute an arbitrary script or possibly an uploaded binary. Remediation in Version 6.7.0, release date: 20-Oct-24.
CVE-2025-24494 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2025-24494. A base score of 8.6 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).