CVE-2025-0542
HIGH EPSS 5.9%
Published Jan 25, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.3 CVSS 4.0
Published Jan 25, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
Local privilege escalation due to incorrect assignment of privileges of temporary files in the update mechanism of G DATA Management Server. This vulnerability allows a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations by placing a crafted ZIP archive in a globally writable directory, which gets unpacked in the context of SYSTEM and results in arbitrary file write.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
5.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 2
CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt
CWE-276
References 1
- github.com https://github.com/nullby73/security-advisories/tree/main/CVE-2025-0542
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.