CVE-2025-57699 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-57699

Vendor Western Digital Corporation
Product Western Digital Kitfox for Windows
Weakness CWE-428
Published August 22, 2025
Last update August 22, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 22, 2025 CVE published
August 22, 2025 Record updated