What is CVE-2025-0889?

CVE-2025-0889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows, classified under Privilege Chaining. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-0889?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows

CVE-2025-0889

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 priv…

EPSS: 0.002 (9.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows — versions 0
Beyondtrust Privilege_management_for_windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-268 — Privilege Chaining

References

13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0889?: CVE-2025-0889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows, classified under Privilege Chaining. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-0889?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.