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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-57699

Western Digital Kitfox for Windows provided by Western Digital Corporation registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path.

Published Aug 22, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 22, 2025 · Western Digital Corporation Western Digital Kitfox for Windows

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-57699. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Western Digital Corporation Western Digital Kitfox for Windows is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.17%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Western Digital Corporation Western Digital Kitfox for Windows prior to 1.1.1.1

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Western Digital Corporation Western Digital Kitfox for Windows prior to 1.1.1.1prior to 1.1.1.1

How to fix CVE-2025-57699

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-57699. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Western Digital Corporation Western Digital Kitfox for Windows is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Western Digital Corporation Western Digital Kitfox for Windows prior to 1.1.1.1 prior to 1.1.1.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Aug 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-57699

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-57699

    30-day exploitation probability 0.17%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25503

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026