Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-0889

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.2

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor: BeyondTrust

Product: Privilege Management for Windows

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 0.98% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-26 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0889
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt25-01

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