CVE-2025-34109 Panda Security PSEvents.exe Insecure DLL Loading Privilege Escalation
Low-privileged attackers can achieve SYSTEM code execution by placing malicious DLLs in a user-writable directory loaded by Panda Security services.
- 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-2025-34109?
CVE-2025-34109 is a high-severity vulnerability in Panda Antivirus Pro 2016, published on 15 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PSEvents.exe in multiple Panda Security products runs hourly with SYSTEM privileges and loads DLL files from a user-writable directory without proper validation. An attacker with low-privileged access who can write DLL files to the monitored directory can achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges. Affected products include Panda Global Protection 2016, Panda Antivirus Pro 2016, Panda Small Business Protection, and Panda Internet Security 2016 (all versions up to 16.1.2).
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-34109?
How do I fix CVE-2025-34109?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-34109 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-34109 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34109 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rvpx-3mwh-gfp7.