CVE-2025-42701

MEDIUM

Falcon sensor <7.24 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition exists in the Falcon sensor for Windows that could allow an attacker, with the prior ability to execute code on a host, to delete arbitrary files. CrowdStrike released a security fix for this issue in Falcon sensor for Windows versions 7.24 and above and all Long Term Visibility (LTV) sensors. There is no indication of exploitation of these issues in the wild. Our threat hunting and intelligence team are actively monitoring for exploitation and we maintain visibility into any such attempts. The Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this. CrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (6)
CrowdStrike/Falcon sensor for Windows 7.16 - 7.16.18637
CrowdStrike/Falcon sensor for Windows 7.24 - 7.24.19608
CrowdStrike/Falcon sensor for Windows 7.25 - 7.25.19707
CrowdStrike/Falcon sensor for Windows 7.26 - 7.26.19813
CrowdStrike/Falcon sensor for Windows 7.27 - 7.27.19909
CrowdStrike/Falcon sensor for Windows 7.28 - 7.28.20008
Published Oct 08, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026