CVE-2025-14252 Privilege escalation in SUSI
Attackers can exploit improper access control in the Advantech SUSI driver to read/write arbitrary memory and execute code, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14252?
CVE-2025-14252 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech SUSI, published on 16 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Improper Access Control vulnerability in Advantech SUSI driver (susi.sys) allows attackers to read/write arbitrary memory, I/O ports, and MSRs, resulting in privilege escalation, arbitrary code execution, and information disclosure. This issue affects Advantech SUSI: 5.0.24335 and prior.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14252?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fw62-2gpr-jghv.