CVE-2025-10231

Local privilege escalation via unsafe file permissions

Published Sep 10, 2025 · Updated Sep 10, 2025

Incorrect default permissions in N-able N-central Windows Agent and Probe before 2025.3 allow local users to execute elevated commands. The components apply unsafe file-handling permissions, but N-able has not identified the affected file or disclosed the faulty permission operation. A low-privileged Windows account and unspecified circumstances are required; successful exploitation yields elevated command execution.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect default permissions in N-able N-central Windows Agent and Probe before 2025.3 allow local users to execute elevated commands. The components apply unsafe file-handling permissions, but N-able has not identified the affected file or disclosed the faulty permission operation. A low-privileged Windows account and unspecified circumstances are required; successful exploitation yields elevated command execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-10231
Published
Sep 10, 2025
Updated
Sep 10, 2025
Vendor
N-able
Product
N-central
Classifications
CWE-276, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <2025.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

N-able · N-centralversion=0 <2025.3

Published CVSS scores

7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.0N-ableCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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-276Incorrect Default Permissions
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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