NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation_CVE-2025-68947

4.7 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

NSecsoft 'NSecKrnl' is a Windows driver that allows a local, authenticated attacker to terminate processes owned by other users, including SYSTEM and Protected Processes by issuing crafted IOCTL requests to the driver.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-68947

Source cisa-cg

Published Jan 13, 2026 at 21:19

Affected Product

Vendor NSecsoft

Product NSecKrnl

Affected Versions NSecsoft NSecKrnl 0

CWE Classification

CWE-862

References

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