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CVE-2025-40672

A Privilege Escalation vulnerability has been found in Panloader component v3.24.0.0 by Espiral MS Group.

HIGH 8.5EPSS 0.15%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A Privilege Escalation vulnerability has been found in Panloader component v3.24.0.0 by Espiral MS Group. This vulnerability allows any user to override the file panLoad.exe that will be executed by SYSTEM user via a programmed task. This would allow an attacker to obtain administrator permissions to perform whatever activities he/she wants, shuch as accessing sensitive information, executing code remotely, and even causing a denial of service (DoS).

CVSS 4.0: 8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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/M
EPSS: 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-732
Source: cve-coordination@incibe.es

References

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/privilege-escalation-proactivanet-espiral-ms-group

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.