VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-0543

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-01-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Local privilege escalation in G DATA Security Client due to incorrect assignment of privileges to directories. This vulnerability allows a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations by placing an arbitrary executable in a globally writable directory resulting in execution by the SetupSVC.exe service in the context of SYSTEM.

Weakness classification

  • a341c0d1-ebf7-493f-a84e-38cf86618674: CWE-276

Primary references