Description
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 (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25004-western-digital-kitfox-software-version-1-1-1-1
Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-428
Status
published
Products (1)
Western Digital Corporation/Western Digital Kitfox for Windows
prior to 1.1.1.1
Published
Aug 22, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026