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Drivelock CVE-2025-55187

CRITICAL
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2025-09-26 cve@mitre.org
9.9
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.06%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker could escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access by sending crafted requests to the affected application.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026

In DriveLock 24.1.4 before 24.1.5, 24.2.5 before 24.2.6, and 25.1.2 before 25.1.4, attackers can gain elevated privileges. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply principle of least privilege, validate privilege transitions, implement proper role separation.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269), which allows attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access. In DriveLock 24.1.4 before 24.1.5, 24.2.5 before 24.2.6, and 25.1.2 before 25.1.4, attackers can gain elevated privileges. Affected products include: Drivelock. Version information: before 24.1.5.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 9.9 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

In DriveLock 24.1.4 before 24.1.5, 24.2.5 before 24.2.6, and 25.1.2 before 25.1.4, attackers can gain elevated privileges.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Organizations using DriveLock 24.1.4 face critical risk from CVE-2025-55187, a improper privilege management vulnerability rated CVSS 9.9. Attackers could escalate their privileges to gain elevated access beyond their authorized level. Organizations should apply vendor updates immediately when available and implement compensating controls in the interim.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Implement network-level access controls to limit exposure; (2) Enable enhanced monitoring and alerting; (3) Apply principle of least privilege.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 83% exploitable

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Very High

Priority Score

50
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +50
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:drivelock:drivelock:24.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drivelock:drivelock:24.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drivelock:drivelock:25.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2025-67781 CRITICAL
9.9 Dec 17

Local privilege escalation in the DriveLock Windows endpoint agent (24.1 before 24.1.6, 24.2 before 24.2.7, and 25.1 bef

CVE-2025-67791 CRITICAL
9.8 Dec 17

DriveLock tenants whose agent-authentication configuration is incomplete can be attacked by unauthenticated remote actor

CVE-2025-67793 CRITICAL
9.8 Dec 17

Privilege escalation in DriveLock allows an authenticated user who holds the 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege to

CVE-2025-67787 CRITICAL
9.6 Dec 17

Cross-site scripting in the DriveLock Operations Center web console (versions 25.1.2 through 25.1.4) lets an attacker in

CVE-2026-5490 HIGH
8.8 Jul 29

Privilege escalation in DriveLock via SQL injection lets authenticated remote attackers reach resources normally protect

CVE-2026-5491 HIGH
7.5 Jul 29

Unauthenticated directory traversal in the DriveLock endpoint-security agent's web service (TCP 6067 by default) lets re

CVE-2026-5487 HIGH
7.5 Jul 29

Unauthenticated information disclosure in DriveLock's web service (default TCP port 4568) lets remote attackers read arb

CVE-2025-67792 HIGH
7.8 Dec 17

Local privilege escalation in DriveLock endpoint-security agents (24.1 before 24.1.6, 24.2 before 24.2.7, and 25.1 befor

CVE-2025-67790 HIGH
7.5 Dec 17

Unprivileged local users on Windows hosts running affected DriveLock builds (24.1 before 24.1.6, 24.2 before 24.2.7, and

CVE-2026-5492 MEDIUM
6.5 Jul 29

Path traversal in DriveLock's built-in web service exposes arbitrary files readable by the service account to any authen

CVE-2025-67794 MEDIUM
6.1 Dec 17

Incorrect permission assignments on directories and files created by the DriveLock endpoint agent let any local non-admi

CVE-2026-5489 MEDIUM
5.3 Jul 29

Directory traversal in DriveLock's built-in web service (TCP port 4568) permits unauthenticated remote attackers to read

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