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CVE-2025-6250VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-6250: BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows · CWE-424

Affects BeyondTrust Privilege Management for WindowsSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
BeyondTrust Privilege Management for WindowsAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should prioritize upgrading BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows to version 25.4.270.0 or later as soon as the patch becomes available. Until then, organizations should implement strict access controls to limit who can execute wmic.exe with elevated tokens, potentially using application whitelisting or endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to monitor and block suspicious attempts to stop the Defendpoint service. Audit logs should be reviewed regularly for any attempts to stop critical services or modify local group memberships. Network segmentation and the principle of least privilege should be enforced to reduce the risk of lateral movement if an account is compromised. Additionally, organizations should consider deploying behavioral analytics to detect anomalous privilege escalation activities. Since the vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, strengthening endpoint security policies and user training to prevent credential misuse is also recommended. Finally, maintain up-to-date backups and incident response plans to quickly recover from potential compromises.

Description

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.

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