CVE-2025-0543

HIGH

G DATA Security Client - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Local privilege escalation in G DATA Security Client due to incorrect assignment of privileges to directories. This vulnerability allows a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations by placing an arbitrary executable in a globally writable directory resulting in execution by the SetupSVC.exe service in the context of SYSTEM.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (1)
G DATA CyberDefense AG/G DATA Security Client < 15.8.333
Published Jan 25, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026