7.8

CVE-2025-0889: beyondtrust privilege_management_for_windows Privilege Chaining

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 26-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-0889 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Privilege Chaining vulnerability in beyondtrust privilege_management_for_windows. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Prior to 25.2, a local authenticated attacker can elevate privileges on a system with Privilege Management for Windows installed, via the manipulation of COM objects under certain circumstances where an EPM policy allows for automatic privilege elevation of a user process.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Beyondtrust1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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