CVE-2025-52915 Privilege escalation in n/a
An admin-privileged user can exploit insufficient caller validation in the K7 Security driver to terminate protected processes, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52915?
CVE-2025-52915 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
K7RKScan.sys 23.0.0.10, part of the K7 Security Anti-Malware suite, allows an admin-privileged user to send crafted IOCTL requests to terminate processes that are protected through a third-party implementation. This is caused by insufficient caller validation in the driver's IOCTL handler, enabling unauthorized processes to perform those actions in kernel space. Successful exploitation can lead to denial of service by disrupting critical third-party services or applications.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52915?
How do I fix CVE-2025-52915?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52915 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-52915 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52915 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fw9m-856v-56h4.