CVE-2025-2297 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows prior to version 25.4.270.0. A local authenticated attacker can manipulate user profile files to inject illegitimate challenge response codes, enabling privilege escalation to administrator. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 25.4.270CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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