VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-37735
CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-11-06
Last modified2026-10-07
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.
Weakness classification
- security@elastic.co: CWE-281