PT-2026-20800 · Worktime · Worktime

Published 2026-02-19 · Updated 2026-02-26 · CVE-2025-15561

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WorkTime (affected versions not specified)

Description An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to gain system-level privileges (NT AuthoritySYSTEM). This is achieved by placing a malicious executable named WTWatch.exe in the C:ProgramDatawtaClientExe directory, which is accessible to all users. The WorkTime monitoring daemon then executes this malicious file.

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

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-15561

Affected Products

Worktime

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15561 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15561 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2024501223538545025 · Twitter Post
• https://r.sec-consult.com/worktime · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/153286 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/45113 · Telegram Post