BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows up to 25.1 on Windows privilege chaining

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows up to 25.1 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in privilege chaining. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-0889. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows up to 25.1 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege chaining vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-268. Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that combination. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at beyondtrust.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0889 since 01/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237201 (BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows < 25.2 Privilege Escalation (BT25-01)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 25.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (237201). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege chaining
CWE: CWE-268 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 237201
Nessus Name: BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows < 25.2 Privilege Escalation (BT25-01)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Privilege Management for Windows 25.2

Timelineinfo

01/30/2025 🔍
02/26/2025 +27 days 🔍
02/26/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/31/2025 +155 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: beyondtrust.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0889 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0889
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-297609

Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2025 13:32
Updated: 07/31/2025 23:46
Changes: 02/26/2025 13:32 (65), 05/24/2025 05:37 (2), 07/31/2025 23:46 (12)
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Committer: sany
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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