CVE-2025-0289
Paragon Partition Manager Kernel Resource Access Vulnerability
Description
Various Paragon Software products contain an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability facilitated by the driver not validating the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, which can allows an attacker the ability to compromise the service.
INFO
Published Date :
March 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 14, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-0289
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-0289.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2025-0289 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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Cyber Security News
Windows Security in 2025: Battling Sophisticated Threats with Advanced Defenses
The Windows security landscape has dramatically evolved in early 2025, marked by increasingly sophisticated attack vectors and Microsoft’s accelerated defensive innovations. February 2025 witnessed a ... Read more
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Daily CyberSecurity
CrazyHunter Ransomware Targets Taiwan’s Critical Infrastructure
Trend Micro has uncovered a targeted ransomware campaign conducted by a newly identified threat group dubbed CrazyHunter. The campaign zeroes in on critical infrastructure in Taiwan, specifically heal ... Read more
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The Register
Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it
Ransomware crooks are exploiting a third-party Windows kernel-level driver used and provided by disk management tool Paragon Partition Manager. Paragon Partition Manager is a software tool that allows ... Read more
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Cybersecurity News
CVE-2025-0289: Paragon Partition Manager Flaw Exploited in BYOVD Ransomware Attacks
A cluster of critical vulnerabilities in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver has been actively exploited in ransomware attacks, leveraging the “Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver” (BYOVD) te ... Read more
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Cyber Security News
Paragon Partition Manager Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Escalate Privilege & Trigger DoS Attacks
Five critical memory vulnerabilities in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver have been discovered, allowing attackers to escalate privileges and cause denial-of-service conditions on affect ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-0289 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 14, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Paragon Partition Manager version 17.9.1, both community and Business versions, contain an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability facilitated by the driver not validating the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, which can allows an attacker the ability to compromise the service. Various Paragon Software products contain an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability facilitated by the driver not validating the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, which can allows an attacker the ability to compromise the service. -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 27, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Paragon Partition Manager version 17, both community and Business versions, contain an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability facilitated by the driver not validating the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, which can allows an attacker the ability to compromise the service. Paragon Partition Manager version 17.9.1, both community and Business versions, contain an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability facilitated by the driver not validating the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, which can allows an attacker the ability to compromise the service. -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mar. 25, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mar. 12, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Removed CWE CWE-20 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.paragon-software.com/support/#patches -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mar. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-20 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Paragon Partition Manager version 17, both community and Business versions, contain an insecure kernel resource access vulnerability facilitated by the driver not validating the MappedSystemVa pointer before passing it to HalReturnToFirmware, which can allows an attacker the ability to compromise the service. Added Reference https://paragon-software.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/32993902732817-IMPORTANT-Paragon-Driver-Security-Patch-for-All-Products-of-Hard-Disk-Manager-Product-Line-Biontdrv-sys Added Reference https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/726882
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-0289 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-0289
weaknesses.