CVE-2025-60865

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in avanquest Driver Updater v.9.1.57803.1174 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the Driver Updater Service windows component.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/parad0x1334/CVE-Disclosures/tree/50e5d2bf33b2926db2cb14d47d392b38ac619a41/Driver%20Updater%20-%20PCHelpsoft	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.pchelpsoft.com/products/driver-updater/	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:pc_helpsoft_driver_updater:9.1.57803.1174:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-03 18:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 09:50

NVD link : CVE-2025-60865

Mitre link : CVE-2025-60865

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-60865

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Products Affected

avanquest

pc_helpsoft_driver_updater

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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