CVE-2025-2272

Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary code execution in F1E Endpoint

HIGH

CVSS Score

Published: May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:06 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorOne Endpoint

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Severity

HIGH7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Forcepoint FIE Endpoint allows Privilege Escalation, Code Injection, Hijacking a privileged process.This issue affects FIE Endpoint: before 25.05.

Affected

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

One Endpoint · Forcepoint

60%

v < 25.05

Affected range stops below 25.05, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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 (1)

Source: [email protected]

https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Privilege-Escalation-and-Arbitrary-code-execution-in-F1E-Endpoint

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7HIGHforcepoint

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-427

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