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CVE-2025-0221

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-0221 describes a problematic null pointer dereference vulnerability in IOBit Protected Folder up to version 1.3.0, specifically within the pffilter.sys library's IOCTL Handler. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and leading to a high impact on availability. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:i0bit:protected_folder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

shareforall.notion.site / IOBit-Protected-Folder-pffilter-0x22200C-NPD-DOS-15260437bb1e80b2a477d42396d5d06c
ExploitThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions Required
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory