CVE-2025-2425 TOCTOU race condition vulnerability in ESET products on Windows
A TOCTOU race condition in ESET Windows products allows attackers to clear the content of arbitrary files on the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-2425?
CVE-2025-2425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows, published on 18 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use the installed ESET security software to clear the content of an arbitrary file on the file system.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2425?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2425?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2425 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-2425 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2425 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gx3-2m5f-vj2w.