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CVE-2025-60865VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-60865: n/a

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Feb 2026

  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

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-60865, European organizations should take the following specific actions: 1) Immediately audit and restrict permissions on the Avanquest Driver Updater Service and related components to ensure that only trusted administrators have write or modify access. 2) Implement strict local user privilege management policies to limit the number of users with local access rights. 3) Monitor event logs and system behavior for signs of privilege escalation attempts, focusing on changes to service permissions or unexpected service restarts. 4) Employ application whitelisting and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to detect and block unauthorized modifications to service components. 5) Engage with Avanquest support channels to obtain patches or updates as soon as they become available and plan for timely deployment. 6) Educate IT staff and users about the risks of local privilege escalation and enforce least privilege principles across endpoints. 7) Consider isolating critical systems or using virtualization/containerization to limit the impact of potential exploits. These measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on permission hardening, monitoring, and proactive patch management tailored to this specific vulnerability.

Description

CVE-2025-60865 is a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Avanquest Driver Updater version 9.1.57803.1174. It arises from insecure permissions in the Driver Updater Service Windows component, allowing a local attacker with limited privileges to escalate to higher privileges without user interaction. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a CVSS score of 7.8. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild. European organizations using this software on Windows systems are at risk, especially those with local user access to affected machines. Mitigation requires restricting permissions on the service components and applying patches once available.

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