The GC-AGENTS-SERVICE running as part of Akamai´s Guardicore Platform Agent for Windows versions prior to v49.20.1, v50.15.0, v51.12.0, v52.2.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The service will attempt to read an OpenSSL configuration file from a non-existent location that standard Windows users have default write access to. This allows an unprivileged local user to create a crafted "openssl.cnf" file in that location and, by specifying the path to a custom DLL file in a custom OpenSSL engine definition, execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Guardicore Agent process. Since Guardicore Agent runs with SYSTEM privileges, this permits an unprivileged user to fully elevate privileges to SYSTEM level in this manner.
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Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent before 52.1.1 allows an unprivileged user to fully elevate privileges to SYSTEM. This affects versions before 50.15.0, 51.12.0, and 52.1.1. | The GC-AGENTS-SERVICE running as part of Akamai´s Guardicore Platform Agent for Windows versions prior to v49.20.1, v50.15.0, v51.12.0, v52.2.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The service will attempt to read an OpenSSL configuration file from a non-existent location that standard Windows users have default write access to. This allows an unprivileged local user to create a crafted "openssl.cnf" file in that location and, by specifying the path to a custom DLL file in a custom OpenSSL engine definition, execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Guardicore Agent process. Since Guardicore Agent runs with SYSTEM privileges, this permits an unprivileged user to fully elevate privileges to SYSTEM level in this manner. |
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000
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Akamai
Akamai guardicore Platform Agent Microsoft Microsoft windows |
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent before 52.1.1 allows an unprivileged user to fully elevate privileges to SYSTEM. This affects versions before 50.15.0, 51.12.0, and 52.1.1. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-829 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-05T15:47:43.890Z
Reserved: 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2025-53841
Updated: 2025-12-03T15:48:33.247Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-12-03T15:15:51.830
Modified: 2025-12-05T16:15:49.880
Link: CVE-2025-53841
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