CVE-2025-24805
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-24805 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) where local users with minimal privileges can misuse access tokens to access materials beyond their authorized scopes. This affects all MobSF users running versions before 4.3.1. The vulnerability allows privilege escalation within the MobSF environment.
💻 Affected Systems
- Mobile Security Framework (MobSF)
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
A local attacker could access sensitive mobile application analysis data, configuration files, or potentially modify analysis results, compromising the integrity of security assessments.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to analysis reports, uploaded application files, or configuration data that should be restricted to higher-privileged users.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper network segmentation and access controls prevent unauthorized local access to MobSF instances.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires local access with minimal privileges. The advisory suggests the issue is straightforward to exploit once access is obtained.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 4.3.1
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/security/advisories/GHSA-79f6-p65j-3m2m
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Backup current MobSF configuration and data. 2. Stop the MobSF service. 3. Update to version 4.3.1 using pip: 'pip install --upgrade mobsf==4.3.1'. 4. Restart the MobSF service. 5. Verify the update was successful.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict local access to MobSF instances to only trusted, necessary users.
- Implement network segmentation to isolate MobSF instances from general user networks.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check MobSF version by running: 'mobsf --version' or check the web interface footer. If version is below 4.3.1, the system is vulnerable.Check Version:
mobsf --versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the version shows 4.3.1 or higher using 'mobsf --version' command.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to restricted endpoints
- Access attempts from low-privilege users to high-privilege resources
Network Indicators:
- Local network connections to MobSF from unexpected user accounts
SIEM Query:
source="mobsf.log" AND (event="unauthorized_access" OR event="access_denied")