CVE-2025-2297 (GCVE-0-2025-2297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 15:40 – Updated: 2025-07-28 17:22
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Summary
Prior to version 25.4.270.0, a local authenticated attacker can manipulate user profile files to add illegitimate challenge response codes into the local user registry under certain conditions. This allows users with the ability to edit their user profile files to elevate their privileges to administrator.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
Assigner
BT
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows Affected: 0 , < <25.4.270 (cpe)
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Credits
Lukasz Piotrowski Marius Kotlarz
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