jvndb - jvndb-2025-000063

jvndb-2025-000063

Vulnerability from jvndb

Published

2025-08-22 13:37

Modified

2025-08-22 13:37

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Western Digital Kitfox registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path

Details

Western Digital Kitfox for Windows provided by Western Digital Corporation contains the following vulnerability. <ul><li>Unquoted search path or element (CWE-428) - CVE-2025-57699</li></ul> Kazuma Matsumoto of GMO Cybersecurity by IERAE, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

▼	Type	URL
	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379/index.html
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57699
	No Mapping(CWE-Other)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Western Digital Corporation	Western Digital Kitfox Software

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CVE-2025-57699 (GCVE-0-2025-57699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-22 06:37

Modified

2025-08-22 10:48

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-428 - Unquoted search path or element

Summary

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25004-western-digital-kitfox-software-version-1-1-1-1
	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Western Digital Corporation	Western Digital Kitfox for Windows	Version: prior to 1.1.1.1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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