PT-2025-34332 · Western Digital · Western Digital Kitfox For Windows

Kazuma Matsumoto · Published 2025-08-22 · Updated 2025-08-22 · CVE-2025-57699

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Western Digital Kitfox for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description: Western Digital Kitfox for Windows registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path. A user with write permission on the root directory of the system drive may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-57699

Affected Products

Western Digital Kitfox For Windows

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57699 · Security Note
• https://westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25004-western-digital-kitfox-software-version-1-1-1-1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1958790054530490570 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133147 · Telegram Post
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1958793625770283424 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/30654 · Telegram Post