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CVE-2025-0288

Various Paragon Software products contain an arbitrary kernel memory vulnerability within biontdrv.sys, facilitated by the memmove function, which does not validate or sanitize user controlled input, allowing an attacker the ability to write arbitrary…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.50%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Various Paragon Software products contain an arbitrary kernel memory vulnerability within biontdrv.sys, facilitated by the memmove function, which does not validate or sanitize user controlled input, allowing an attacker the ability to write arbitrary kernel memory and perform privilege escalation.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.50% probability · 42th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
paragon-software/paragon backup \& recovery · paragon-software/paragon disk wiper · paragon-software/paragon drive copy · paragon-software/paragon hard disk manager · paragon-software/paragon migrate os to ssd · paragon-software/paragon partition manager
Source
cret@cert.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.50%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.