CVE-2025-2272 HIGH

CVE-2025-2272: Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary code execution in F1E Endpoint

Vendor Forcepoint

Product FIE Endpoint

Weakness CWE-427

Published May 22, 2025

Last update May 22, 2025

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CVSS base score

7.0/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity High

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Forcepoint FIE Endpoint allows Privilege Escalation, Code Injection, Hijacking a privileged process.This issue affects FIE Endpoint: before 25.05.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 22, 2025 CVE published

May 22, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2272 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html