CVE-2025-8612

AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.3 High
Published
Aug 20, 2025
Updated
Aug 20, 2025
Reserved
Aug 5, 2025

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Description

AOMEI Backupper Workstation Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AOMEI Backupper Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction on the part of an administrator is needed additionally.

The specific flaw exists within the restore functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27059.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.07.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hzdi

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Backupper WorkstationAOMEI
  • 4.7.2Affected

References

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