01 Record
CVE-2025-6264
Velociraptor priviledge escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: rapid7
CNA base score5.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
02 Description
Velociraptor priviledge escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
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
- 1.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 63.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2025-06-20 02:01Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-28 19:10Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-06-19
- Assigning CNA
- rapid7
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 251d3a927a6264c7c3429d57c4bd5d165178aa117e74f202d450fbdec0d47edf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- docs.velociraptor.apphttps://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-6264/
- blog.talosintelligence.comhttps://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/
- news.sophos.comhttps://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/08/26/velociraptor-incident-response-tool-abused-for-remote-access/