# CVE-2025-69875: Privilege escalation in n/a

> A local attacker can exploit insufficient path validation in Quick Heal Total Security to restore quarantined files into protected directories, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vhx6-cjmw-5j2m

## What is CVE-2025-69875?

CVE-2025-69875 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in Quick Heal Total Security 23.0.0 in the quarantine management component where insufficient validation of restore paths and improper permission handling allow a low-privileged local user to restore quarantined files into protected system directories. This behavior can be abused by a local attacker to place files in high-privilege locations, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties), CWE-281 (Improper Preservation of Permissions), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69875?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quickheal Total Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-69875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-69875 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-69875 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31466/): TOCTOU Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2022-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31467/): DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2015-8285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8285/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-27587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27587/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2020-27586](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27586/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-69875 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-69875 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-69875 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69875/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69875
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69875
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69875

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69875/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.