Local privilege escalation via unverified user identity
Published Oct 28, 2025 · Updated Oct 28, 2025
Privilege escalation in HP ThinPro 8.1 SP1 through SP7 allows local users to gain elevated system access through System Management. The System Management application fails to verify the invoking user's true identity before performing privileged operations. A low-privilege local account is required; successful exploitation permits reading or modifying data and interrupting service on the affected thin client.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in HP ThinPro 8.1 SP1 through SP7 allows local users to gain elevated system access through System Management. The System Management application fails to verify the invoking user's true identity before performing privileged operations. A low-privilege local account is required; successful exploitation permits reading or modifying data and interrupting service on the affected thin client.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43017
- Published
- Oct 28, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Plantronics
- Product
- HP ThinPro
- Classifications
- CWE-250, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=SP1 <<SP8
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