# CVE-2025-0046: Privilege escalation in AMD Power Design Manager (PDM) Software Installer for Windows

> A local attacker can exploit incorrect directory permissions in AMD Power Design Manager to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g5cg-h7gg-4fc6

## What is CVE-2025-0046?

CVE-2025-0046 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Power Design Manager (PDM) Software Installer for Windows, published on 11 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Incorrect directory permissions could allow a local user to escalate their privileges, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0046?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-0046?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0046 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0046 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0046 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Power Design Manager (PDM) Software Installer for Windows, published on 11 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AMD Power Design Manager (PDM) Software Installer for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0046/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0046/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0046
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0046
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0046

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0046/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.