CVE-2025-0288 CVE-2025-0288
Attackers can exploit a kernel memory vulnerability in Paragon Software drivers to write arbitrary memory and escalate privileges on Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0288?
CVE-2025-0288 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Paragon Software Backup and Recovery, published on 3 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Various Paragon Software products contain an arbitrary kernel memory vulnerability within biontdrv.sys, facilitated by the memmove function, which does not validate or sanitize user controlled input, allowing an attacker the ability to write arbitrary kernel memory and perform privilege escalation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0288?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Paragon-Software Paragon Backup \& Recovery, Paragon-Software Paragon Disk Wiper, Paragon-Software Paragon Drive Copy, Paragon-Software Paragon Hard Disk Manager, Paragon-Software Paragon Migrate Os to Ssd, Paragon-Software Paragon Partition Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0288?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-0288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0288 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Paragon Software Backup and Recovery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qqm4-w34f-whgp.