CVE-2025-2425
TOCTOU race condition vulnerability in ESET products on Windows
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use the installed ESET security software to clear the content of an arbitrary file on the file system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
TOCTOU race condition vulnerability in ESET products on Windows
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use the installed ESET security software to clear the content of an arbitrary file on the file system.
- Record
CVE-2025-2425- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21865
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use the installed ESET security software to clear the content of an arbitrary file on the file system.
- Record
EUVD-2025-21865- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2gx3-2m5f-vj2w
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use...
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use the installed ESET security software to clear the content of an arbitrary file on the file system.
- Record
GHSA-2gx3-2m5f-vj2w- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Time-of-check to time-of-use race condition vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to use the installed ESET security software to clear the content of an arbitrary file on the file system.
- Record
CVE-2025-2425- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- eset safe server
- eset small business security
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset endpoint antivirus for windows
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset endpoint security for windows
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset internet security
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset mail security for microsoft exchange server
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset nod32 antivirus
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset security for microsoft sharepoint server
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset security ultimate
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset server security for windows server
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset smart security premium
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset endpoint antivirus for windows
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- eset, spol. s.r.o eset endpoint security for windows
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset internet security
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset mail security for microsoft exchange server
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset nod32 antivirus
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset safe server
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset security for microsoft sharepoint server
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset security ultimate
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset server security for windows server
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset small business security
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset smart security premium
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-2425 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Eset Safe Server, published July 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.12%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.