CVE-2025-57699

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 v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-22 07:15

Updated : 2025-08-22 18:08

NVD link : CVE-2025-57699

Mitre link : CVE-2025-57699

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-57699

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-428

Unquoted Search Path or Element

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