FKIE_CVE-2025-68947

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-13 22:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:59
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725https://github.com/ANYLNK/NSecSoftBYOVD
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725https://hexastrike.com/resources/blog/threat-intelligence/valleyrat-exploiting-byovd-to-kill-endpoint-security/
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-013-01.json
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68947
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/206f27ae820783b7755bca89f83a0fe096dbb510018dd65b63fc80bd20c03261
Impacted products
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:59:52.563",
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