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CVE-2025-1865: Local Privilege Escalation in Virtual CloneDrive Kernel Driver

8.5 CVSS

Description

The kernel driver, accessible to low-privileged users, exposes a function that fails to properly validate the privileges of the calling process. This allows creating files at arbitrary locations with full user control, ultimately allowing for privilege escalation to SYSTEM.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1865

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem Types

CWE-284

Affected Products

Vendor: Elaborate Bytes AG

Product: Virtual CloneDrive

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.5% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1865
https://www.elby.ch/de/products/vcd.html

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