{"id":"CVE-2025-42598","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-42598","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:33:57.192Z","title":"Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English.","description":"Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English. If a user is directed to place a crafted DLL file in a location of an attacker's choosing, the attacker may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege on a Windows system on which the printer driver is installed.","published":"2025-04-28T09:15:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:23:09.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-276"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00205,"percentile":0.1038,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90649144/","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www.epson.co.uk/en_GB/faq/KA-01993/contents?loc=en-us","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/250428_oshirase.htm","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www2.epson.jp/support/misc_t/windrv_productlist.pdf","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42598","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}