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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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.

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First Time appeared Akamai
Akamai guardicore Platform Agent
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Vendors & Products Akamai
Akamai guardicore Platform Agent
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-05T15:47:43.890Z

Reserved: 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-53841

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Updated: 2025-12-03T15:48:33.247Z

cve-icon NVD

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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