Improper Preservation of Permissions in Elastic Defend - CVE-2025-37735
Published: November 6, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118163
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37735
CWE-ID: CWE-281
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts. A local user can delete arbitrary files on the system using the Defend service running as SYSTEM and escalate privileges.
Affected software
Elastic Defend
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37735
Install updates from vendor's website.
Elastic Defend - addressed in versions 8.19.6, 9.1.6