CVE-2025-6250 (GCVE-0-2025-6250)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-28 15:40
Modified
2025-07-28 17:22
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
Summary
Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, the malicious user can add themselves to Administrators group and run any process with elevated permissions.
References
13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt25-06Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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