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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-68947
NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation
Vulnerability Description
NSecsoft 'NSecKrnl' is a Windows driver that allows a local, authenticated attacker to terminate processes owned by other users, including SYSTEM and Protected Processes by issuing crafted IOCTL requests to the driver.
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
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Maurice Fielenbach, Hexastrike Cybersecurity
References
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/206f27ae820783b7755bca89f83a0fe096dbb510018dd65b63fc80bd20c03261
- https://hexastrike.com/resources/blog/threat-intelligence/valleyrat-exploiting-byovd-to-kill-endpoint-security/
- https://github.com/ANYLNK/NSecSoftBYOVD
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68947
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-013-01.json
Affected Vendor
NSecsoft
View all reports →Affected Software
NSecKrnl
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 13th, 2026
Last Modified:
March 10th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H