{"id":"CVE-2025-52094","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-52094","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:39:47.379Z","title":"Insecure Permissions vulnerability in PDQ Smart Deploy V.3.0.2040 allows a local attacker to execute arbtirary code via the \\HKLM\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SmartDeploy component","description":"Insecure Permissions vulnerability in PDQ Smart Deploy V.3.0.2040 allows a local attacker to execute arbtirary code via the \\HKLM\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SmartDeploy component","published":"2025-08-22T16:15:45.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:36:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["pdq/smart deploy"],"epss":{"score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09474,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://specterops.io/blog/2025/08/12/hklmsystemsetupsmartdeploy-the-static-keys-to-abusing-pdq-smartdeploy/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.pdq.com/","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.pdq.com/products/smartdeploy/","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52094","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}