# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8rxx-f9pw-chh2

## 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 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10885?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in Autodesk Installer

- [CVE-2026-14478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14478/): Incorrect Permission Assignment in Autodesk Installer Named Pipes (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-5335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5335/): Privilege Ecalation due to Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-9500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9500/): Autodesk ADP Desktop SDK Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-27908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27908/): Privilege escalation in Autodesk installer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-14479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14479/): Denial of Service in Autodesk Installer IPC Channel (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10885 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Autodesk Installer. 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-2025-10885/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10885/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10885
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10885
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10885

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10885/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.