CVE-2025-47809 – Wibu CodeMeter Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-47809 vulnerability over time.

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impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Wibu CodeMeter before 8.30a sometimes allows privilege escalation immediately after installation (before a logoff or reboot). For exploitation, there must have been an unprivileged installation with UAC, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must be installed, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must not have been restarted. In this scenario, the local user can navigate from Import License to a privileged instance of Windows Explorer.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-272
    Added Reference https://www.wibu.com/support/security-advisories/wibu-100120.html
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