Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-9576seeedstudio ReSpeaker Administrative shadow default credentials
Low 2.5
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in ReSpeaker from seeedstudio. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was identified in seeedstudio ReSpeaker LinkIt7688. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /etc/shadow of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation leads to use of default credentials. An attack has to be approached locally. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitability is considered difficult. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| seeedstudio | ReSpeaker | LinkIt7688 |
Weakness: CWE-1392 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-321690 | seeedstudio ReSpeaker Administrative shadow default credentials vdb-entry
- VDB-321690 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #636068 | seeedstudio ReSpeaker Core - Based On MT7688 and OpenWRT ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/seeedstudio/ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688.md related
- https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/seeedstudio/ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688.md#steps-to-reproduce exploit