Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2025 · Assigned by jpcert
CVE-2025-57699
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Western Digital Kitfox for Windows from Western Digital Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Corporation | Western Digital Kitfox for Windows | prior to 1.1.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H