msrc_cve-2025-27743
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft
Published
2025-04-08 07:00
Modified
2025-04-08 07:00
Summary
Microsoft System Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Notes

Additional Resources
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Disclaimer
The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \"as is\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.
Customer Action
Required. The vulnerability documented by this CVE requires customer action to resolve.


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          "text": "This vulnerability affects the following products under the Microsoft System Center:\nSystem Center Operations Manager, System Center Service Manager, System Center Orchestrator, System Center Data protection Manager, System Center Virtual Machine Manager\nFor more information about these products see System Center documentation.",
          "title": "What Microsoft System Center Products are affected by this vulnerability?"
        },
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          "text": "No. The RTM version of all System Center products remain unchanged. There\u0027s no change in the product version.\nThere are no existing System Center deployments impacted by this vulnerability. However, it is recommended that users delete the existing installer setup files (.exe) and then download the latest version of their System Center product (.ZIP) found in the table below.\nSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195845: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195845, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195725: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195725, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2025: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292412: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292412, System Center Data Protection Manager 2025: System Center Data Protection Manager 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292311: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292311, System Center Data Protection Manager 2022: System Center Data Protection Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195847: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195847, System Center Data Protection Manager 2019: System Center Data Protection Manager 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195851: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195851, System Center Orchestrator 2019: System Center Orchestrator 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195848: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195848, System Center Orchestrator 2022: System Center Orchestrator 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195531: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195531, System Center Orchestrator 2025: System Center Orchestrator 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292411: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292411, System Center Service Manager 2019: System Center Service Manager 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195849: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195849, System Center Service Manager 2022: System Center Service Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195846: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195846, System Center Service Manager 2025: System Center Service Manager 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292310: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292310, System Center Operations Manager\u00a02019: System Center Operations Manager\u00a02019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195532: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195532, System Center Operations Manager 2022: System Center Operations Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195530: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195530, System Center Operations Manager\u00a02025: System Center Operations Manager\u00a02025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292308: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292308",
          "title": "Will the product version change with the new installation media?"
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          "text": "Only customers who re-use existing System Center installer files (.exe) files to deploy new instances in their environment are affected by this vulnerability. Customers performing installations in this manner must delete the existing installer setup files (.exe) and then download the latest version of their System Center product linked in the following table.\nCustomers who download new versions of the setup files (.ZIP) for new deployments are not affected and do not need to perform any action to mitigate the vulnerability.\nSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195845: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195845, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195725: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195725, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2025: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292412: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292412, System Center Data Protection Manager 2025: System Center Data Protection Manager 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292311: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292311, System Center Data Protection Manager 2022: System Center Data Protection Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195847: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195847, System Center Data Protection Manager 2019: System Center Data Protection Manager 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195851: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195851, System Center Orchestrator 2019: System Center Orchestrator 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195848: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195848, System Center Orchestrator 2022: System Center Orchestrator 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195531: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195531, System Center Orchestrator 2025: System Center Orchestrator 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292411: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292411, System Center Service Manager 2019: System Center Service Manager 2019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195849: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195849, System Center Service Manager 2022: System Center Service Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195846: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195846, System Center Service Manager 2025: System Center Service Manager 2025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292310: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292310, System Center Operations Manager\u00a02019: System Center Operations Manager\u00a02019, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195532: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195532, System Center Operations Manager 2022: System Center Operations Manager 2022, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195530: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2195530, System Center Operations Manager\u00a02025: System Center Operations Manager\u00a02025, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292308: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2292308",
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          "text": "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.",
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          "text": "To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have access to the device to access the System Center Windows installer packages and then utilize DLL hijacking.",
          "title": "According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). What does this mean for this vulnerability?"
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