CVE-2025-41686

highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEEU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.13% (3rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · phoenix_contact_psirt

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A low-privileged local attacker can exploit improper permissions on nssm.exe to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedDaUM 2025.3.1phoenix_contact_psirt

    Phoenix Contact strongly recommends to upgrade to Update to the latest Version of the DaUM software which fixes this vulnerability.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · info@cert.vde.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-306USCWE-306US
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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • VDE-2025-063Phoenix Contact: Device and Update Management Windows Installer Privilege Escalation2025-08-12csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE

    A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Phoenix Contact Device and Update Management prior to version 2025.3.1 due to misconfigured permissions on nssm.exe in the DAUM-WINDOWS-SERVICE. This misconfiguration allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdphoenix_contact_psirtNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-08-12modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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