CVE-2025-9043 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-9043

Vendor Seagate
Product Toolkit
Weakness CWE-428
Published August 14, 2025
Last update August 21, 2025

CVSS base score

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The service executable path in Seagate Toolkit on Versions prior to 2.34.0.33 on Windows allows an attacker with Admin privileges to exploit a vulnerability as classified under CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element. An attacker with write permissions to the root could place a malicious Program.exe file, which would execute with SYSTEM privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 14, 2025 CVE published
August 21, 2025 Record updated