CVE-2025-3925 BrightSign Players Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

High 8.5 Published Updated

Attackers with initial code execution can escalate privileges on BrightSign players due to unnecessary privileges, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.

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-2025-3925?

CVE-2025-3925 is a high-severity vulnerability in BrightSign OS series 4 players, published on 7 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

BrightSign players running BrightSign OS series 4 prior to v8.5.53.1 or series 5 prior to v9.0.166 contain an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability, allowing for privilege escalation on the device once code execution has been obtained.

Weakness: CWE-250

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3925?

How do I fix CVE-2025-3925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-3925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3pqj-q5j3-4r5q.

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