CVE-2025-10885 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A local attacker can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by executing a maliciously crafted file due to insufficient binary validation in the Autodesk Installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10885?
CVE-2025-10885 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autodesk Installer, published on 6 Nov 2025. 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
A maliciously crafted file, when executed on the victim's machine, can lead to privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM due to an insufficient validation of loaded binaries. An attacker with local and low-privilege access could exploit this to execute code as SYSTEM.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10885?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Autodesk Installer.
How do I fix CVE-2025-10885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-10885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-14478 Incorrect Permission Assignment in Autodesk Installer Named Pipes
- CVE-2025-5335 Privilege Ecalation due to Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-9500 Autodesk ADP Desktop SDK Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-27908 Privilege escalation in Autodesk installer
- CVE-2026-14479 Denial of Service in Autodesk Installer IPC Channel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rxx-f9pw-chh2.