01 Record
CVE-2025-58074
Privilege escalation during the installation of Norton Secure VPN via the Microsoft Store
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: talos
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Privilege escalation during the installation of Norton Secure VPN via the Microsoft Store
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 3.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-07.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-04 13:11Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-29 13:35Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- talos
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1386Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount PointBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d6f672687eb288cb39e878a1acd609c2858eae74e4f5c720b2b79d4086a179b6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.gendigital.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2276https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/
- support.norton.comhttps://support.norton.com/sp/en/me/home/current/solutions/v20250301180004520
- www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2276
07 Remediation
The version of the software in this report was made end of life (EOL) on 21/OCT/2025. Users are advised to upgrade to a supported newer version that does not have this vulnerability.