CVE-2025-10541

Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure Update Mechanism in iMonitor EAM

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2025 at 02:31 PM UTC
Updated: October 11, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendoriMonitor EAM

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

iMonitor EAM 9.6394 installs a system service (eamusbsrv64.exe) that runs with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges. This service includes an insecure update mechanism that automatically loads files placed in the C:\sysupdate\ directory during startup. Because any local user can create and write to this directory, an attacker can place malicious DLLs or executables in it. Upon service restart, the files are moved to the application’s installation path and executed with SYSTEM privileges, leading to privilege escalation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://r.sec-consult.com/imonitor
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/72

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-732

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