CVE-2025-57699
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Publication date: 2025-08-22
Last updated on: 2025-08-22
Assigner: JPCERT/CC
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| western_digital | kitfox | 1.1.1.1 |
| western_digital | kitfox | * |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-428 | The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability occurs because Western Digital Kitfox for Windows registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path. This allows a user who has write permission on the root directory of the system drive to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker with write access to the root directory of the system drive could exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges, potentially leading to full control over the affected system.
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