Local Privilege Escalation on Xerox® Desktop Print Experience® v8.5

published 2025-03-12 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-7454

cvss: 5.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

Xerox Desktop Print Experience application contains a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability, which allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM-level access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Xerox Xerox® Desktop Print Experience 8.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-12)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Xerox Xerox® Desktop Print Experience

Classification

Weakness

CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

securitydocs.business.xerox.com /wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Xerox-Security-Bulletin-XRX25-006-for-Xerox-Desktop-Print-Experience.pdf

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-1984
NVD CVE-2025-1984

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Summary