CVE-2025-2297CWE-268

Privilege Management for Windows - Elevation of Privilege

High · published July 28, 2025

CVSS v4.0
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00129 · 2.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-268 · Privilege Chaining
Published
2025-07-28T15:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 15:40Z
    Privilege Management for Windows - Elevation of Privilege
    cvelistv5