CVE-2025-57699
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Publication date: 2025-08-22

Last updated on: 2025-08-22

Assigner: JPCERT/CC

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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Published
2025-08-22
Last Modified
2025-08-22
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2026-06-16
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2025-08-22
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2025-57699
EUVD
EUVD-2025-25503
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western_digital kitfox 1.1.1.1
western_digital kitfox *
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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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Executive Summary

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.

Impact Analysis

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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