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Status published
High
CVE-2025-57699
Western Digital Kitfox for Windows provided by Western Digital Corporation...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
Western Digital Corporation
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Western Digital Kitfox for Windows
Vulnerable Versions:
prior to 1.1.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 22nd, 2025
Last Modified:
August 22nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H