CVE-2025-8612 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting AOMEI Backupper Workstation, specifically within its restore functionality. An attacker with low-privileged code execution can leverage a junction to create arbitrary files, ultimately escalating privileges to SYSTEM and executing arbitrary code. Rated 7.3 HIGH on CVSS, exploitation requires local access and administrator interaction, but the potential impact includes full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aomeitech:backupper_workstation:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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