Is CVE-2025-2297 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-2297 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-2297?

CVE-2025-2297 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-2297?

CVE-2025-2297 has an EPSS score of 0.13% (3th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2297?

Upgrade privilege management for windows to 25.4.270 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-2297

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Prior to version 25.4.270.0, a local authenticated attacker can manipulate user profile files to add illegitimate challenge response codes into the local user registry under certain conditions. This allows users with the ability to edit their user profile files to elevate their privileges to administrator.

CWE-268

How to fix

Remediation Available

privilege management for windowsNVD

Affected:< 25.4.270Fixed in:25.4.270CVE-2025-2297derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

beyondtrust.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-04.