CVE-2025-37735

HIGH EPSS 3.1%

Published Nov 6, 20257mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

7.0 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Nov 6, 2025 7mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.0

Exploitability

1.0

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

3.1% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-281

References 1

discuss.elastic.co https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-19-6-9-1-6-and-9-2-0-security-update-esa-2025-23/383272

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.