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fkie_cve-2025-0712

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-07-30 01:15

Modified

2025-07-31 18:42

Severity ?

7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of directory permissions. An attacker with local access may exploit this flaw to move and delete arbitrary files, potentially gaining SYSTEM privileges.

References

▶	URL	Tags
	bressers@elastic.co	https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-windows-installer-9-1-0-security-update-esa-2025-12/380558

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-0712 (GCVE-0-2025-0712)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-07-30 00:12

Modified

2025-07-30 14:06

Severity ?

7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Summary

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of directory permissions. An attacker with local access may exploit this flaw to move and delete arbitrary files, potentially gaining SYSTEM privileges.

References

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URL

Tags

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-windows-installer-9-1-0-security-update-esa-2025-12/380558

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Elastic	APM Server	Version: 8.16 ≤ 8.16.2 Version: 8.17 ≤ 8.17.0

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