CVE-2025-9043
MEDIUM EPSS 3.3%
Published Aug 14, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.7 CVSS 4.0
Published Aug 14, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
The service executable path in Seagate Toolkit on Versions prior to 2.34.0.33 on Windows allows an attacker with Admin privileges to exploit a vulnerability as classified under CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element. An attacker with write permissions to the root could place a malicious Program.exe file, which would execute with SYSTEM privileges.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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
3.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-428
References 2
- seagate.com https://www.seagate.com/product-security/#security-advisories
- seagate.com https://www.seagate.com/support/software/toolkit/
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.