CVE•Published 2026-03-16•Modified 2026-06-08•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-20025
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
9
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 91% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
ZKTeco ZKAccess Professional 3.5.3 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate privileges by modifying executable files. Attackers can leverage the Modify permission granted to the Authenticated Users group to replace executable binaries with malicious code for privilege escalation.
Timeline
Published 2026-03-16
Modified 2026-06-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-20025Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-20025Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-20025Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-20025GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-20025" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-20025 on GitHub.