CVE-2025-57699

HIGH EPSS 5.0%

Published Aug 22, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

8.4 CVSS 4.0

High

Published Aug 22, 2025 10mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

8.4

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

5.0% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-428

References 2

jvn.jp https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379/
westerndigital.com https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25004-western-digital-kitfox-software-version-1-1-1-1

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.