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CVE-2025-0889: Privilege Management for Windows – Elevation of Privilege
- 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: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-268
Description
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.
Affected products
- BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows: before 25.2 — fixed in 25.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows 25.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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