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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8612

AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.

Published Aug 20, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 20, 2025 · AOMEI Backupper Workstation

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8612. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of AOMEI Backupper Workstation is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.20%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor AOMEI Backupper Workstation 4.7.2

AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AOMEI Backupper Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction on the part of an administrator is needed additionally. The specific flaw exists within the restore functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerabili

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  • vendor AOMEI Backupper Workstation 4.7.24.7.2

How to fix CVE-2025-8612

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-2025-8612. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of AOMEI Backupper Workstation is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with AOMEI Backupper Workstation 4.7.2 4.7.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.20%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AOMEI Backupper Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction on the part of an administrator is needed

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AOMEI Backupper Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction on the part of an administrator is needed

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8612

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8612

    30-day exploitation probability 0.20%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25386

    AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AOMEI Backupper Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code

    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.