CVE-2025-1865

Local Privilege Escalation in Virtual CloneDrive Kernel Driver

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2025 at 09:52 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVirtual CloneDrive

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The kernel driver, accessible to low-privileged users, exposes a function that fails to properly validate the privileges of the calling process. This allows creating files at arbitrary locations with full user control, ultimately allowing for privilege escalation to SYSTEM.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party AdvisoryTechnical Description
Source: a341c0d1-ebf7-493f-a84e-38cf86618674
https://neodyme.io/de/advisories/cve-2025-1865/
Release Notes
Source: a341c0d1-ebf7-493f-a84e-38cf86618674
https://www.elby.ch/de/products/vcd.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHcirosec
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-284

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