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CVE-2025-57699 Details

ANALYZED

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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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379/	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedy
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25004-western-digital-kitfox-software-version-1-1-1-1	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedyVendor

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-428	Unquoted Search Path or Element	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Western Digital Kitfox	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Aug 22, 2025	New CVE Received	[email protected]