CVE-2025-2297 (GCVE-0-2025-2297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-28 15:40
Modified
2025-07-28 17:22
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | Privilege Management for Windows |
Version: 0 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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