CVE-2025-0416

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Publication date:

01/04/2025

Last modified:

01/04/2025

Description

Local privilege escalation through insecure DCOM configuration in Valmet DNA versions prior to C2023. The DCOM object Valmet DNA Engineering has permissions that allow it to run commands as a user with the SeImpersonatePrivilege privilege. The SeImpersonatePrivilege privilege is a Windows permission that allows a process to impersonate another user. An attacker can use this vulnerability to escalate their privileges and take complete control of the system.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:H/U:Amber CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.90 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:H/U:Amber

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High
Safety (S): Negligible
Automatable (AU): Yes
Recovery (R): User
Value Density (V): Diffuse
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): High
Provider Urgency (U): Amber

Base Score 4.0

8.90

Severity 4.0

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.valmet.com/about-us/about/research-and-development/vulnerabilityadvisories/cve-2025-0416/