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CVE-2025-2782 (GCVE-0-2025-2782)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-28 22:24 – Updated: 2026-08-08 02:23

Title

WatchGuard Terminal Services Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Non-Standard Installation Directory

Summary

The WatchGuard Terminal Services Agent on Windows does not properly configure directory permissions when installed in a non-default directory. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM privileges on a vulnerable system.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-31 13:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-276

Assigner

WatchGuard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-2782	vendor-advisory
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wg…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
WatchGuard	SSO Terminal Services Agent	Affected: 12.0 , < 12.11.2 (semver)

Date Public

2025-03-28 22:24

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FKIE_CVE-2025-2782

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-28 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:07

Severity

6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3	https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00005

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-R5WR-V3GV-93M3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-29 00:31 – Updated: 2026-08-08 03:31

Details

This issue affects Terminal Services Agent: from 12.0 through 12.10.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-2782 (GCVE-0-2025-2782)

FKIE_CVE-2025-2782

GHSA-R5WR-V3GV-93M3

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