Autodesk Installer up to 2.18 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Autodesk Installer up to 2.18 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-10885. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Autodesk Installer up to 2.18. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A maliciously crafted file, when executed on the victim's machine, can lead to privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM due to an insufficient validation of loaded binaries. An attacker with local and low-privilege access could exploit this to execute code as SYSTEM.

The advisory is available at emsfs.autodesk.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-10885 since 09/23/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 275460 (Autodesk Installer Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-10885)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (275460) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-38147). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 275460
Nessus Name: Autodesk Installer Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-10885)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Installer 2.19

Timelineinfo

09/23/2025 CVE reserved
11/06/2025 +44 days Advisory disclosed
11/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/15/2025 +9 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: emsfs.autodesk.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-10885 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-10885
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331426
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2025 21:54
Updated: 11/15/2025 12:42
Changes: 11/06/2025 21:54 (62), 11/08/2025 22:46 (1), 11/15/2025 12:42 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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