Western Digital Kitfox for Windows provided by Western Digital Corporation registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path. A user with the write permission on the root directory of the system drive may execute arbitrary code with the SYSTEM privilege.
History

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Western Digital
Western Digital kitfox
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Western Digital
Western Digital kitfox

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Western Digital Kitfox for Windows provided by Western Digital Corporation registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path. A user with the write permission on the root directory of the system drive may execute arbitrary code with the SYSTEM privilege.
Weaknesses CWE-428
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-22T10:48:56.664Z

Reserved: 2025-08-18T01:04:56.094Z

Link: CVE-2025-57699

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-22T10:48:23.639Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-22T07:15:45.587

Modified: 2025-08-22T18:08:51.663

Link: CVE-2025-57699

cve-icon Redhat

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