Riskcovery

CVE-2025-68947

NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation

State
Published
Severity
5.7 Medium
Published
Jan 13, 2026
Updated
Mar 10, 2026
Reserved
Dec 26, 2025

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Ncisa-cg
3.14.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hcisa-cg

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
NSecKrnlNSecsoft
  • all versionsAffected

References

  • urltechnical-description
  • urlexploittechnical-description
  • urlexploit
  • urlvdb-entry
  • urlgovernment-resourcethird-party-advisory

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