CVE-2025-0889

Local privilege escalation via manipulated COM registration

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2025

Privilege chaining in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows before 25.2 allows local users to elevate privileges via COM objects. User-writable COM registration entries can redirect COM activation so an EPM-elevated process loads attacker-controlled code. Exploitation requires an authenticated local account and a policy that automatically elevates the affected user process; successful abuse grants elevated code execution.

CVSS severity7.2
High
EPSS probability0.20%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege chaining in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows before 25.2 allows local users to elevate privileges via COM objects. User-writable COM registration entries can redirect COM activation so an EPM-elevated process loads attacker-controlled code. Exploitation requires an authenticated local account and a policy that automatically elevates the affected user process; successful abuse grants elevated code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-0889
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2025
Vendor
BeyondTrust
Product
Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows
Classifications
CWE-268, T1546.015
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <25.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

BeyondTrust · Endpoint Privilege Management for Windowsversion=0 <25.2

Published CVSS scores

7.2BeyondTrustCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-268Privilege Chaining
T1546.015Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

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