Local information disclosure via cleartext storage
Published Sep 16, 2025 · Updated Sep 16, 2025
Cleartext storage in Microsoft PC Manager before 3.18.0.0 allows local users to read sensitive information and bypass a security feature. The application stores unspecified sensitive information without encryption, but Microsoft has not identified the datum, file, registry location, or responsible component. Exploitation requires local access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and the reported consequence is limited disclosure rather than modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext storage in Microsoft PC Manager before 3.18.0.0 allows local users to read sensitive information and bypass a security feature. The application stores unspecified sensitive information without encryption, but Microsoft has not identified the datum, file, registry location, or responsible component. Exploitation requires local access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and the reported consequence is limited disclosure rather than modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-49728
- Published
- Sep 16, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft PC Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-312, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <3.18.0.0
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