# CVE-2025-57699

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-57699
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.4 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-428
- **Published:** Aug 22, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- Western Digital Corporation — Western Digital Kitfox for Windows (prior to 1.1.1.1)

## References

- [CNA](https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25004-western-digital-kitfox-software-version-1-1-1-1)
- [CNA](https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75211379/)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.17%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 6.4

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._