CVE-2025-0543

Jan. 25, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

7.8
High

Description

Local privilege escalation in G DATA Security Client due to incorrect assignment of privileges to directories. This vulnerability allows a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations by placing an arbitrary executable in a globally writable directory resulting in execution by the SetupSVC.exe service in the context of SYSTEM.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
G DATA Security Client

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-276
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

References

https://github.com/nullby73/security-advisories/tree/main/CVE-2025-0543

Tags

CWE-276
a341c0d1-ebf7-493f-a84e-38cf86618674
2025-01-25
CVE-2025-0543

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 25, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 25, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

a341c0d1-ebf7-493f-a84e-38cf86618674

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