BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows 25.2 User Profile File privilege chaining

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component User Profile File Handler. Such manipulation leads to privilege chaining. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-2297. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component User Profile File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege chaining vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at beyondtrust.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2297 since 03/13/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 246414 (BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows < 25.4.270.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BT25-05) (BTS25-06)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 25.4.270 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (246414). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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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: 246414
Nessus Name: BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows < 25.4.270.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BT25-05) (BTS25-06)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Privilege Management for Windows 25.4.270

Timelineinfo

03/13/2025 CVE reserved
07/28/2025 +136 days Advisory disclosed
07/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/09/2025 +12 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: beyondtrust.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-2297 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317936

Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2025 19:32
Updated: 08/09/2025 05:16
Changes: 07/28/2025 19:32 (65), 08/04/2025 16:22 (12), 08/09/2025 05:16 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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