CVE-2025-0542

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/nullby73/security-advisories/tree/main/CVE-2025-0542

Configurations

No configuration.

History

25 Jan 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-01-25 17:15

Updated : 2025-01-25 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-0542

Mitre link : CVE-2025-0542

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-0542

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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