CVE-2025-26125
Published: 17 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-26125 is a high-severity Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control (CWE-782) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 27.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 CM-10 (Software Usage Restrictions) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-26125 is a vulnerability in the IMFForceDelete driver of IObit Malware Fighter version 12.1.0, stemming from an exposed ioctl interface. This flaw, classified under CWE-782, enables attackers to perform arbitrary file deletions and escalate privileges. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high impact potential with low attack complexity for local users.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability by interacting with the exposed ioctl, typically requiring some user interaction to trigger. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary file deletion across the system and privilege escalation, potentially granting higher-level access and enabling further compromise of the affected host.
Advisories and proof-of-concept details are available in researcher publications, including GitHub repositories at https://github.com/ZeroMemoryEx/CVE-2025-26125 and https://github.com/ZeroMemoryEx/IObit-EoP, as well as a related post at https://x.com/zeromemoryex/status/1876878269200449819. Security practitioners should consult these for exploitation demonstrations and monitor IObit for official patches or updates to mitigate the issue.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6530
Vulnerability details
An exposed ioctl in the IMFForceDelete driver of IObit Malware Fighter v12.1.0 allows attackers to arbitrarily delete files and escalate privileges.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vulnerability enables local privilege escalation via exposed IOCTL in kernel driver for arbitrary file deletion, directly mapping to T1068.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly remediates the exposed ioctl flaw in the IMFForceDelete driver, eliminating arbitrary file deletion and privilege escalation.
Prohibits execution of the vulnerable IObit Malware Fighter v12.1.0 software and its flawed driver, preventing the attack vector from being present.
Enforces least privilege to limit the scope and impact of privilege escalation from low-privileged local attackers exploiting the ioctl.