CVE-2025-41686
Improper File Permissions Allow Local Privilege Escalation
A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access.
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
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper File Permissions Allow Local Privilege Escalation
A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access.
- Record
CVE-2025-41686- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24230
A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24230- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xpfv-8844-2c69
A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their...
A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access.
- Record
GHSA-xpfv-8844-2c69- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access.
- Record
CVE-2025-41686- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- 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-2025-41686 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Phoenix Contact Daum, published August 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.