CVE-2025-13176 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2025-13176

Local privilege escalation in ESET Inspect Connector for Windows

8.4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Planting a custom configuration file in ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://support.eset.com/en/ca8910-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-inspect-connector-for-windows

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

ESET Inspect Connector

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: January 30th, 2026

Last Modified: February 2nd, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts

Persistence

T1098 Account Manipulation

Privilege Escalation

T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism