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    CVE-2025-2297

    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.

    Published:Jul 28, 2025
    Last Modified:Aug 4, 2025
    EPS:Jul 28, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00015
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Beyondtrust
    Product
    Privilege Management For Windows

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-268 Privilege Chaining

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High