Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2025
CVE-2025-1121
Privilege escalation in Installer and Recovery image handling in Google ChromeOS version 15786.48.2 on device allows an attacker with physical access to gain root code execution…
6.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Privilege escalation in Installer and Recovery image handling in Google ChromeOS version 15786.48.2 on device allows an attacker with physical access to gain root code
execution and potentially unenroll enterprise-managed devices via a specially crafted recovery image.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Chrome OS · Google
15786.48.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1121
Broken Link
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/b/336153054
Issue Tracking
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/336153054
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