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DriveLock CVE-2025-67793

CRITICAL
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2025-12-17 cve@mitre.org
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as DOC user with Manage roles privilege
  2. Exploit
    Invoke role-management API call
  3. Execution
    Assign Supervisor role to self or other user
  4. Impact
    Gain full tenant/supervisor control

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

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Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated DOC (DriveLock Operations Center) user account that holds the 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege, which is included by default in the Administrator role; the attacker then makes a role-management API call to assign the Supervisor role. Exploitation is limited to DriveLock 24.1.x, 24.2.x, and 25.1 before 25.1.6, and the impact is meaningful primarily in cloud multi-tenant deployments - on-prem single-tenant installations are typically not affected because local admins already possess Supervisor-equivalent privileges, so no boundary is crossed. The key limiting factor is that the attacker must already control a high-privilege (Administrator-level) account.

Impact

The input CVSS of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) directly contradicts the description, which states the attacker must already hold the 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege - this is a privilege-escalation flaw, NOT a remote unauthenticated compromise, so the PR:N metric appears incorrect and should likely be PR:H (the privilege ships by default only in the Administrator role). Verify PR with the vendor; treated honestly this is an authenticated privilege-escalation issue where an already-privileged Administrator (or an attacker who has compromised such an account) can elevate to the all-powerful Supervisor role. EPSS score is not provided, the CVE is not in CISA KEV, and no public exploit code is referenced, so there is no evidence of active or opportunistic exploitation. Net real-world priority is moderate rather than critical: the headline 9.8 overstates risk because exploitation presupposes a high-privilege account, and the vendor explicitly scopes meaningful impact to cloud multi-tenant deployments (on-prem single-tenant admins already have Supervisor-equivalent access, making the escalation largely moot there). The principal threat model is a malicious or compromised tenant administrator crossing an intended authorization boundary.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A DriveLock Operations Center (DOC) user who holds the default Administrator role in a multi-tenant cloud deployment issues a crafted role-management API call that assigns the Supervisor role to their own or another account, bypassing the intended ceiling on their privileges. Because exploitation is a single straightforward API request (AC:L) over the network, a malicious insider or an attacker who has phished/compromised an Administrator account gains complete control. No public proof-of-concept is referenced at time of analysis.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026

Privilege escalation in DriveLock allows an authenticated user who holds the 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege to promote themselves or other DOC (DriveLock Operations Center) users to the Supervisor role via an API call, a privilege that is granted by default to the Administrator role. The flaw affects DriveLock 24.1 (24.1.*), 24.2 (24.2.*), and 25.1 before 25.1.6, and is most impactful in cloud multi-tenant deployments where it breaks the tenant/role boundary; on-prem single-tenant installations are typically unaffected because local administrators already hold Supervisor-equivalent rights. The vendor rates the issue at CVSS 9.8, but that vector uses PR:N, which contradicts the documented precondition that the attacker must already hold a privileged role - an independent assessment re-scores it as CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (authenticated, high-privilege actor). No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to DriveLock 25.1.6 or later, which is the fixed version for the 25.1 branch per security bulletin 25-008-DESPrivilegeEsc (https://drivelock.help/sb/Content/SecurityBulletins/25-008-DESPrivilegeEsc.htm); contact the vendor for the corresponding fixed builds on the 24.1.x and 24.2.x maintenance lines since the input does not confirm patched versions for those branches. Until patched, reduce exposure by removing or tightly scoping the 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege from non-essential accounts, enforcing least privilege and periodic review of who holds the Administrator role, and auditing DOC role-assignment API activity for unexpected Supervisor grants (trade-off: strict role reviews may disrupt legitimate administration workflows and require coordination with tenant owners). In cloud multi-tenant environments, isolate or restrict DOC API access to trusted management networks and alert on cross-tenant or self-assignment role changes; on-premises single-tenant deployments carry materially lower risk because local admins already hold Supervisor-equivalent rights, so prioritization should focus on multi-tenant cloud tenants first.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CVE-2025-67793 is a CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) defect in the DriveLock Operations Center (DOC) role-management API. DriveLock is an endpoint security / device-control platform whose management console enforces role-based access control through roles such as Administrator and Supervisor; the 'Manage roles and permissions' permission is intended to let administrators administer role assignments, but the API does not adequately restrict which roles a holder of that permission may assign. As a result, a caller with the role-management permission can invoke the role-assignment endpoint and grant the Supervisor role to an arbitrary DOC user (including themselves), effectively escalating beyond the intended authorization boundary. Because the vulnerable behavior is a vertical privilege escalation gated behind an existing high-privilege permission, the input CVSS 3.1 vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H is internally inconsistent with the reported prerequisites; the authoritative assessment instead treats it as PR:H, reflecting that the actor must already control an Administrator-level account. The affected CPEs are the DriveLock application bundles (cpe:2.3:a:drivelock:drivelock) across the 24.1.*, 24.2.*, and 25.1 pre-25.1.6 release lines. No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis and the vulnerability is not confirmed actively exploited (not in CISA KEV).

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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY 9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.2 HIGH

The 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege ships by default only in the Administrator role, so a high-privilege account is required (PR:H); the escalation to Supervisor yields full C/I/A impact via a simple API call (AC:L).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

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

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue was discovered in DriveLock 24.1 through 24.1.*, 24.2 through 24.2.*, and 25.1 before 25.1.6. Users with the "Manage roles and permissions" privilege can promote themselves or other DOC users to the Supervisor role through an API call. This privilege is included by default in the Administrator role. This issue mainly affects cloud multi-tenant deployments; on-prem single-tenant installations are typically not impacted because local admins usually already have Supervisor privileges.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

DriveLock's privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-67793) affects versions 24.1.*, 24.2.*, and 25.1 before 25.1.6, allowing an authenticated high-privilege user to promote themselves or others to Supervisor, which can break tenant and role boundaries in cloud multi-tenant deployments. No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the risk is heightened for cloud environments where role separation is critical. Leadership should prioritize access reviews and monitoring for unauthorized privilege changes until a fix is released.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict the 'Manage roles and permissions' privilege to a minimal set of trusted administrators; review and remove unnecessary Administrator role assignments; monitor and alert on API calls that promote users to Supervisor; enforce least privilege and separation of duties; for cloud multi-tenant deployments, review tenant isolation and consider additional access controls or segregation until a fix is available.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche enterprise endpoint-security/device-control vendor, limited deployment footprint
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

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 0.3%
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
Yes
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

49
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +49
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drivelock:drivelock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drivelock:drivelock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2025-67787 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

CVE-2025-67789 MEDIUM
5.3 Dec 17

Cross-tenant information disclosure in DriveLock 24.1 (before 24.1.6), 24.2 (before 24.2.7), and 25.1 (before 25.1.5) al

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