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Non-root users with legitimate write access to /etc/asterisk can exploit this behaviour by placing malicious scripts in the startup.d directory, which will then execute with root privileges upon service restart.","modified":"2026-04-22T15:30:00.146456Z","published":"2025-09-23T05:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-1131"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1131"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1131"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-v9q8-9j8m-5xwp"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/f97361952023625e8dd49ca03454777fad19fedb"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/7ba06dc6ee5efd4edfe79690ad8d61a33b92ce3d"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"asterisk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/asterisk@1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu3","1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4","1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1","1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"asterisk","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-config","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-dahdi","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mobile","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-modules","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mp3","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mysql","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-ooh323","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1","binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail"},{"binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1","binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail-imapstorage"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail-odbcstorage","binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1"},{"binary_version":"1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1","binary_name":"asterisk-vpb"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1131.json"}},{"package":{"name":"asterisk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/asterisk@1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:13.17.2~dfsg-1ubuntu1","1:13.17.2~dfsg-2ubuntu1","1:13.18.1~dfsg-1ubuntu1","1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu1","1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu2","1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu3","1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"asterisk","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-config","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-dahdi","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mobile","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-modules","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mp3","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mysql","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-ooh323","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-tests","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail-imapstorage","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail-odbcstorage","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-vpb","binary_version":"1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1131.json"}},{"package":{"name":"asterisk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/asterisk@1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:16.2.1~dfsg-2build2","1:16.2.1~dfsg-2build3","1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"asterisk","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-config","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-dahdi","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mobile","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1","binary_name":"asterisk-modules"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mp3","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-mysql","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-ooh323","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-tests","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail-imapstorage","binary_version":"1:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"asterisk-voicemail-odbcstorage","binary_version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