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CVE-2025-68947

CVSS 4.7 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 0.0% · Published 2026-01-13

NSecsoft 'NSecKrnl' is a Windows driver that allows a local, authenticated attacker to terminate processes owned by other users, including SYSTEM and Protected Processes by issuing crafted IOCTL requests to the driver.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

Threats tracking this CVE

Warlock (Water Manaul / Storm-2603) Ransomware Campaign with BYOVD, Web Shells, and Multi-Channel Tunneling via SharePoint Exploitation — CRITICAL

References

https://github.com/ANYLNK/NSecSoftBYOVD
https://hexastrike.com/resources/blog/threat-intelligence/valleyrat-exploiting-byovd-to-kill-endpoint-security/
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-013-01.json
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68947
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/206f27ae820783b7755bca89f83a0fe096dbb510018dd65b63fc80bd20c03261

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