Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.
History

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic defend
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic defend
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.
Weaknesses CWE-281
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2025-11-06T14:27:26.235Z

Updated: 2025-11-07T04:56:11.390Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T03:24:04.511Z

Link: CVE-2025-37735

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-06T14:41:54.961Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-06T15:15:46.640

Modified: 2025-11-06T19:45:09.883

Link: CVE-2025-37735

cve-icon Redhat

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