CVE-2025-0289 is an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability affecting multiple Paragon Software products, including Backup & Recovery, Disk Wiper, Drive Copy, Hard Disk Manager, Migrate OS to SSD, and Partition Manager. The flaw stems from the driver failing to validate the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, potentially allowing an attacker to compromise the service. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and capable of high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild by ransomware gangs in Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks, as evidenced by recent media coverage, despite the absence of public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15, <= 17.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paragon-software:paragon_backup_\&_recovery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15, <= 16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paragon-software:paragon_disk_wiper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15, <= 16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paragon-software:paragon_drive_copy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15, <= 17.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paragon-software:paragon_hard_disk_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4, <= 5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paragon-software:paragon_migrate_os_to_ssd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.