What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-0542: G DATA Management Server Local privilege escalation
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-01-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
Local privilege escalation due to incorrect assignment of privileges of temporary files in the update mechanism of G DATA Management Server. This vulnerability allows a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations by placing a crafted ZIP archive in a globally writable directory, which gets unpacked in the context of SYSTEM and results in arbitrary file write.
Affected products
- G DATA CyberDefense AG G DATA Management Server: before 15.8.333 — fixed in 15.8.333
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: G DATA CyberDefense AG G DATA Management Server 15.8.333. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
Get alerted when CVE-2025-0542 or the next vulnerability affects your stack