CVE-2025-6250 Privilege Management for Windows - Elevation of Privilege
Attackers can stop the Defendpoint service via wmic.exe to bypass anti-tamper protections and escalate privileges to Administrator.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6250?
CVE-2025-6250 is a high-severity vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows, published on 28 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, the malicious user can add themselves to Administrators group and run any process with elevated permissions.
Weakness: CWE-424
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Beyondtrust Privilege Management for Windows.
How do I fix CVE-2025-6250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxhp-fm7f-3jrp.