VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-60865

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in avanquest Driver Updater v.9.1.57803.1174 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the Driver Updater Service windows component.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.15%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in avanquest Driver Updater v.9.1.57803.1174 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the Driver Updater Service windows component.

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: 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-284
Affected: avanquest/pc helpsoft driver updater
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://github.com/parad0x1334/CVE-Disclosures/tree/50e5d2bf33b2926db2cb14d47d392b38ac619a41/Driver%20Updater%20-%20PCHelpsoftExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.pchelpsoft.com/products/driver-updater/Product

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.