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CVE-2025-66269: MegaTec Taiwan UPSilon2000V6.0 · Unquoted Search Path or Element

Affects MegaTec Taiwan UPSilon2000V6.0Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 1% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
MegaTec Taiwan UPSilon2000V6.0Affected
  • =6.0.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Immediately audit and correct the service executable paths for RupsMon and USBMate services to ensure all paths are properly quoted to prevent path interception.
  2. Restrict write permissions on all directories leading up to the service executable locations to trusted administrators only, preventing unauthorized users from placing malicious executables.
  3. Implement strict local user privilege management to minimize the number of users with write access to system directories.
  4. Monitor system logs and service start events for unusual activity that may indicate exploitation attempts.
  5. If vendor patches become available, prioritize their deployment in all affected environments.
  6. Consider isolating UPSilon 2000 management systems from general user workstations to reduce local attack surface.
  7. Conduct regular security training for administrators on the risks of unquoted service paths and privilege escalation techniques.
  8. Employ application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized executables from running in critical directories.
  9. Use endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools to detect suspicious local privilege escalation behaviors.
  10. Document and test incident response plans specifically for UPS management system compromises.

Description

The RupsMon and USBMate services in UPSilon 2000 run with SYSTEM privileges and contain unquoted service paths. This allows a local attacker to perform path interception and escalate privileges if they have write permissions to the directories proceeding that of which the real service executables live in

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