Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2025 · Assigned by Seagate
CVE-2025-9267
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Toolkit from Seagate. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
In Seagate Toolkit on Windows a vulnerability exists in the Toolkit Installer prior to versions 2.35.0.6 where it attempts to load DLLs from the current working directory without validating their origin or integrity. This behavior can be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in the same directory as the installer executable, leading to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the installer. The issue stems from the use of insecure DLL loading practices, such as relying on relative paths or failing to specify fully qualified paths when invoking system libraries.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-427, CWE-426 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N