VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-57699

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-08-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • vultures@jpcert.or.jp: CWE-428

Primary references