CVE-2025-8612 AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via junction abuse in the restore functionality, requiring low-privileged code execution and admin interaction.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8612?
CVE-2025-8612 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in AOMEI Backupper Workstation, published on 20 Aug 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
AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AOMEI Backupper Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction on the part of an administrator is needed additionally.
The specific flaw exists within the restore functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27059.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Aomeitech Backupper Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2025-8612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-8612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7q54-88j8-q6w8.