# CVE-2025-0425: Local Privilege Escalation via Config Manipulation

> A low-privileged user can escalate to SYSTEM privileges by changing the server address in the default GUI configuration of the bestinformed Infoclient.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qpwg-qxx8-4g59

## What is CVE-2025-0425?

CVE-2025-0425 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cordaware bestinformed Infoclient, published on 18 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Via the GUI of the "bestinformed Infoclient", a low-privileged user is by default able to change the server address of the "bestinformed Server" to which this client connects. This is dangerous as the "bestinformed Infoclient" runs with elevated permissions ("nt authority\system"). By changing the server address to a malicious server, or a script simulating a server, the user is able to escalate his privileges by abusing certain features of the "bestinformed Web" server. Those features include:
  *  Pushing of malicious update packages
  *  Arbitrary Registry Read as "nt authority\system"

An attacker is able to escalate his privileges to "nt authority\system" on the Windows client running the "bestinformed Infoclient". 

This attack is not possible if a custom configuration ("Infoclient.ini") containing the flags "ShowOnTaskbar=false" or "DisabledItems=stPort,stAddress" is deployed.

Weakness: CWE-15 (External Control of System or Configuration Setting)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0425?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-0425?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0425 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0425 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0425 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0425 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cordaware bestinformed Infoclient, published on 18 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cordaware bestinformed Infoclient. 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-2025-0425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0425/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0425
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0425
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0425

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0425/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.