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GHSA-96M4-P356-68W4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-28 18:31 – Updated: 2025-08-04 15:31

Details

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 ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 15:40 – Updated: 2025-07-28 17:22

Title

Privilege Management for Windows - Elevation of Privilege

Summary

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

CWE-268

Assigner

References

URL

Tags

https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	BeyondTrust	Privilege Management for Windows	Affected: 0 , < <25.4.270 (cpe)

Credits

Lukasz Piotrowski Marius Kotlarz

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-96M4-P356-68W4

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

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