Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2025 · Assigned by cirosec
CVE-2025-1865Local Privilege Escalation in Virtual CloneDrive Kernel Driver
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity improper access control in Virtual CloneDrive from Elaborate Bytes AG. 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The kernel driver, accessible to low-privileged users, exposes a function that fails to properly validate the privileges of the calling process. This allows creating files at arbitrary locations with full user control, ultimately allowing for privilege escalation to SYSTEM.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elaborate Bytes AG | Virtual CloneDrive | 0 – through 5.5.2.0 |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.elby.ch/de/products/vcd.html release-notes
- https://neodyme.io/de/advisories/cve-2025-1865/ third-party-advisory, technical-description