CVE-2025-0712: An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions. The vulnerability arises…

PriorityP335high7CVSS 3.1

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EPSS

0.13%

3.1th percentile

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of directory permissions. An attacker with local access may exploit this flaw to move and delete arbitrary files, potentially gaining SYSTEM privileges.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
elastic	apm_server	8.16 – 8.16.2	—
elastic	apm_server	8.17 – 8.17.0	—

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