CVE-2025-37735

HIGH
2025-11-06 [email protected]
7.0
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:20 vuln.today
CVE Published
Nov 06, 2025 - 15:15 nvd
HIGH 7.0

Tags

Elastic Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows

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.

Analysis

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-281. 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.

Affected Products

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Priority Score

35
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +0.0
CVSS: +35
POC: 0

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