Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by BT
CVE-2025-0889Privilege Management for Windows – Elevation of Privilege
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Privilege Management for Windows from BeyondTrust. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Prior to 25.2, a local authenticated attacker can elevate privileges on a system with Privilege Management for Windows installed, via the manipulation of COM objects under certain circumstances where an EPM policy allows for automatic privilege elevation of a user process.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | Privilege Management for Windows | 0 – before 25.2 |
Weakness: CWE-268 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N