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Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Jul 2025) - Windows

🗓️ 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft PC Manager has an elevation of privilege vulnerability allowing attacks before version 3.17.4.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:pc_manager";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.836241");
  script_version("2025-07-24T05:43:49+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-49738");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-24 05:43:49 +0000 (Thu, 24 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-07-08 17:16:02 +0000 (Tue, 08 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-07-10 07:35:16 +0000 (Thu, 10 Jul 2025)");
  script_name("Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Jul 2025) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Microsoft PC Manager is prone to an
  elevation of privilege vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an elevation of
  privilege vulnerability in Microsoft PC Manager.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
  to elevate privileges.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft PC Manager prior to version 3.17.4 on Microsoft Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.17.4 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49738");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("gb_ms_pc_manager_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("PCManager/Win/detected");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:version, test_version:"3.17.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.17.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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24 Jul 2025 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00332
SSVC
5