CVE-2025-0543 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-0543

G DATA Security Client Local privilege escalation

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Fabian Duschek

Affected Vendor

G DATA CyberDefense AG

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Affected Software

G DATA Security Client
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 25th, 2025
Last Modified: February 5th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)