CVE-2025-52094

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in pdq smart deploy. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in PDQ Smart Deploy V.3.0.2040 allows a local attacker to execute arbtirary code via the \HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\SmartDeploy component

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2025-08-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pdq:smart_deploy

References

https://specterops.io/blog/2025/08/12/hklmsystemsetupsmartdeploy-the-static-keys-to-abusing-pdq-smartdeploy/
https://www.pdq.com/
https://www.pdq.com/products/smartdeploy/

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