CVE-2025-0287

MEDIUM EXPLOITED RANSOMWARE

Paragon Software - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2025-0287 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV), including in ransomware campaigns.

Description

Various Paragon Software products contain a null pointer dereference vulnerability within biontdrv.sys that is caused by a lack of a valid MasterLrp structure in the input buffer, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the kernel, facilitating privilege escalation.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://paragon-software.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/32993902732817-IMPORTANT-Paragon-Driver-Security-Patch-for-All-Products-of-Hard-Disk-Manager-Product-Line-Biontdrv-sys

Third Party Advisory

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/726882

Product

https://www.paragon-software.com/support/#patches

Scores

CVSS v3 5.1

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 26.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-06-05

Ransomware Use Confirmed

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (6)

paragon-software/paragon_backup_\&_recovery 15 - 17.39

paragon-software/paragon_disk_wiper 15 - 16

paragon-software/paragon_drive_copy 15 - 16

paragon-software/paragon_hard_disk_manager 15 - 17.39

paragon-software/paragon_migrate_os_to_ssd 4 - 5

paragon-software/paragon_partition_manager 15 - 17.39

Published Mar 03, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026