EUVD-2025-17642CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
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6DescriptionNVD
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in upKeeper Solutions upKeeper Instant Privilege Access allows Privilege Abuse.This issue affects upKeeper Instant Privilege Access: before 1.4.0.
AnalysisAI
CVE-2025-4681 is an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in upKeeper Solutions' upKeeper Instant Privilege Access that allows authenticated local attackers with low privileges to escalate permissions and achieve high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability violations. This affects all versions of upKeeper Instant Privilege Access before 1.4.0, and the CVSS 8.6 severity combined with local attack vector and low privilege requirements indicates a significant real-world threat to organizations using this privilege access management solution.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), which describes a failure to properly restrict or manage the privileges assigned to users or processes. In the context of upKeeper Instant Privilege Access, this privilege access management (PAM) solution fails to properly validate, enforce, or restrict privilege escalation mechanisms, allowing a local user with initial low-level access to bypass privilege controls. The weakness likely exists in session management, permission verification logic, or role-based access control (RBAC) enforcement within the application's privilege brokering mechanism. Given the product's purpose is to manage and mediate privileged access, this represents a critical failure of its core security function.
RemediationAI
Immediate Actions: (1) Update upKeeper Instant Privilege Access to version 1.4.0 or later as soon as possible. This is a mandatory security patch for all deployed instances; (2) Prioritize patching in environments where upKeeper manages access to critical infrastructure, cloud accounts, or sensitive data repositories; (3) During patching window, implement compensating controls: restrict local access to upKeeper Instant Privilege Access systems to trusted administrative personnel only, review and enforce least-privilege local account policies, increase audit logging and monitoring of privilege escalation attempts. Patch Verification: After upgrading to 1.4.0+, validate proper privilege enforcement by testing that low-privilege users cannot escalate permissions outside normal workflows. Vendor Reference: Check upKeeper Solutions' official security advisory and release notes for 1.4.0 detailing the fix implementation. No known workarounds exist for this architectural privilege management flaw—patching is the only reliable remediation.
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