CVE-2025-9043

SYSTEM code execution via unquoted service path

Published Aug 14, 2025 · Updated Aug 14, 2025

Privilege escalation in Seagate Toolkit before 2.34.0.33 on Windows allows local users with administrative access to execute code as SYSTEM. Toolkit registers its Windows service executable path without quotation marks, so Windows can resolve C:\Program.exe before the intended binary. Exploitation requires administrative privileges and write access to the system-drive root; a planted Program.exe runs when the SYSTEM service starts.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Seagate Toolkit before 2.34.0.33 on Windows allows local users with administrative access to execute code as SYSTEM. Toolkit registers its Windows service executable path without quotation marks, so Windows can resolve C:\Program.exe before the intended binary. Exploitation requires administrative privileges and write access to the system-drive root; a planted Program.exe runs when the SYSTEM service starts.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-9043
Published
Aug 14, 2025
Updated
Aug 14, 2025
Vendor
Seagate
Product
Toolkit
Classifications
CWE-428, T1574.009
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <2.34.0.33

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Seagate · Toolkitversion=0 <2.34.0.33

Published CVSS scores

6.7JVNCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.7Seagate TechnologyCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4JVNCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element
T1574.009Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Unquoted Path

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