CVE-2025-13176
Local privilege escalation in ESET Inspect Connector for Windows
Planting a custom configuration file
in
ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Local privilege escalation in ESET Inspect Connector for Windows
Planting a custom configuration file
in
ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
- Record
CVE-2025-13176- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206582
Planting a custom configuration file
in
ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206582- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2p6p-hqq4-q469
Planting a custom configuration file in ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
Planting a custom configuration file
in
ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
- Record
GHSA-2p6p-hqq4-q469- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Planting a custom configuration file
in
ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
- Record
CVE-2025-13176- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-13176 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Eset, Spol. S.r.o Eset Inspect Connector, published January 30, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.