CVE-2025-37735 describes an improper permission preservation vulnerability in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts, allowing the SYSTEM-privileged Defend service to arbitrarily delete files. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with high complexity, potentially leading to local privilege escalation and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.19.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.