CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-60349

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.32%

24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in the pxscan.sys driver of Prevx version 3.0.5.220, allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending IOCTL code 0x22E044. The attack terminates all processes listed under the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\pxscan\Files.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces the risk of disruption to critical system processes, potentially leading to service unavailability and operational losses.

Recommendation

Immediately update the pxscan.sys driver to the latest version provided by the vendor and restrict access to the IOCTL interface for unauthorized users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Prevx v3.0.5.220 allowing attackers to cause a denial of service via sending IOCTL code 0x22E044 to the pxscan.sys driver. Any processes listed under registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\pxscan\Files will be terminated.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS