CVE-2025-0543CWE-276

G DATA Security Client Local privilege escalation

High · published January 25, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00148 · 3.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2025-01-25T16:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JAN 16:17Z
    G DATA Security Client Local privilege escalation
    cvelistv5