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CVE-2025-62225VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-62225: Sony Optical Disc Archive Software (for Windows) · Unquoted search path or element

Affects Sony Optical Disc Archive Software (for Windows)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.7 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
6.7Medium
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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 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
Sony Corporation Optical Disc Archive Software (for Windows)Affected
  • >=1.0.0 <=5.5.2
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately audit and restrict write permissions on the root directory of the system drive to prevent unauthorized users from placing executables there. 2. Monitor and review Windows service configurations for unquoted paths and correct them by quoting the executable paths properly. 3. Apply any available patches or updates from Sony Corporation as soon as they are released. 4. Implement strict endpoint protection controls to limit local privilege escalation opportunities, including application whitelisting and behavior monitoring. 5. Use least privilege principles to restrict user permissions, especially on systems running the affected software. 6. Regularly scan systems for unauthorized files in critical directories such as the system drive root. 7. Employ network segmentation to isolate archival systems and reduce the risk of lateral movement. 8. Educate system administrators and users about the risks of local privilege escalation vulnerabilities and the importance of secure file system permissions.

Description

Optical Disc Archive Software provided by Sony Corporation registers a Windows service with an unquoted file path. A user with the write permission on the root directory of the system drive may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege.

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