CVE-2025-12053
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows local attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in certain drivers by manipulating registry values. It affects systems using specific tool packages with vulnerable drivers, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system compromise.
💻 Affected Systems
- Insyde Software tool packages with vulnerable drivers
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Full system compromise with kernel-level code execution, allowing attackers to install persistent malware, steal sensitive data, or disable security controls.
Likely Case
Local privilege escalation from a standard user account to SYSTEM/root privileges, enabling further lateral movement within the network.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper user account controls and registry permissions preventing untrusted applications from writing to the vulnerable registry key.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires local access and ability to execute code; buffer overflow exploitation requires specific knowledge of driver internals
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check vendor advisory for specific patched versions
Vendor Advisory: https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2025010/
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Visit the vendor advisory URL
2. Identify affected products and versions
3. Download and apply the appropriate patch from Insyde
4. Restart the system to load updated drivers
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict registry permissions
windowsModify ACLs on the vulnerable registry key to prevent write access by untrusted users
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[VulnerableDriver]" /v [VulnerableValue] /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
Disable vulnerable driver
windowsPrevent the vulnerable driver from loading at system startup
sc config [DriverServiceName] start= disabled
sc stop [DriverServiceName]
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict user account controls to limit local code execution capabilities
- Apply registry hardening to restrict write access to system registry keys from standard user accounts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check installed driver versions against vendor advisory; examine registry permissions on driver-related keysCheck Version:
driverquery /v | findstr /i [DriverName]Verify Fix Applied:
Verify driver version has been updated to patched version; confirm registry permissions are properly restricted📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected driver crashes in System logs
- Registry modification events for driver-related keys from non-admin users
- Process creation events attempting to access driver registry keys
Network Indicators:
- Not applicable - local vulnerability only
SIEM Query:
EventID=4657 OR EventID=4663 AND ObjectName="*\\Services\\*" AND SubjectUserName!="*SYSTEM" AND SubjectUserName!="*Administrator*"