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CVE-2025-12683VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-12683: Voidtools Everything · Improper Privilege Management

Affects Voidtools EverythingSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Amber

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Voidtools EverythingAffected
  • <=1.4.1.1029
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-12683, European organizations should first inventory their use of Everything software and identify affected versions (<= 1.4.1.1029). Until an official patch is released by Voidtools, administrators should manually restrict permissions on the named pipe used by Everything to prevent unauthorized access. This can be done by modifying the DACL on the named pipe to allow access only to the SYSTEM account and the authorized user context running the GUI. Additionally, applying the principle of least privilege by limiting local user permissions reduces the attack surface. Monitoring local system logs and named pipe usage for anomalous activity can help detect exploitation attempts. Organizations should also ensure endpoint protection solutions are up to date and configured to detect suspicious local privilege escalation attempts. Finally, maintain vigilance for vendor updates and apply patches promptly once available.

Description

The service employed by Everything, running as SYSTEM, communicates with the lower privileged Everything GUI via a named pipe. The named pipe has a NULL DACL and thus provides all users full permission over it; leading to potential Service Denial Of Service or Privilege escalation(only if chained with other elements) for a local low privilege user.

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