CVE-2025-12838: MSP360 Free Backup

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MSP360 Free Backup Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MSP360 Free Backup. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction on the part of an administrator is needed additionally. The specific flaw exists within the restore functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27245.

Affected products

• MSP360 Free Backup: version 8.1.0.620 only

Published 2025-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.