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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-6250

Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections.

Published Jul 28, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 28, 2025 · BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-6250. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.17%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows 0 <<25.4.270

Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, the malicious user can add themselves to Administrators group and run any process with elevated permissions.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows 0 <<25.4.2700 <<25.4.270

How to fix CVE-2025-6250

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-6250. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows 0 <<25.4.270 0 <<25.4.270. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, the malicious user can add themselves to Administrators group and run any process with elevated permissions.

  2. Jul 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, the malicious user can add themselves to Administrators group and run any process with elevated permissions.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-6250

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-6250

    30-day exploitation probability 0.17%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-22928

    Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, the malicious user can add themselves to Administrators group and run any process with elevated permi

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.