CVE-2025-0889

Prior to 25.2, a local authenticated attacker can elevate privileges on a system with Privilege Management for Windows installed, via the manipulation of COM objects under certain circumstances where an EPM policy allows for automatic privilege elevation of a user process.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt25-01	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-26 08:13

Updated : 2025-07-31 17:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-0889

Mitre link : CVE-2025-0889

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-0889

JSON object : View

Products Affected

beyondtrust

privilege_management_for_windows

CWE

CWE-268

Privilege Chaining

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