Vulnerability in Paragon Software Backup And Recovery
CVE-2025-0288
Various Paragon Software products contain an arbitrary kernel memory vulnerability within biontdrv.sys, facilitated by the memmove function, which does not validate or sanitize user controlled input, allowing an attacker the ability to write arbitrary kernel memory and perform privilege escalation.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Paragon Software Backup And Recovery — versions 15
- Paragon Software Disk Wiper — versions 15
- Paragon Software Drive Copy — versions 15
- Paragon Software Hard Disk Manager — versions 15
- Paragon Software Migrate OS To Ssd — versions 4
- Paragon Software Partition Manager — versions 15
- Paragon-Software Paragon Backup \& Recovery
- Paragon-Software Paragon Disk Wiper
- Paragon-Software Paragon Drive Copy
- Paragon-Software Paragon Hard Disk Manager
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/726882 (Third Party Advisory)
- paragon-software.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/32993902732817-IMPORTANT-Paragon… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.paragon-software.com/support/ (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-0288?
- CVE-2025-0288 is a high-severity vulnerability in Paragon Software Backup And Recovery, classified under CWE-131 INCORRECT CALCULATION OF BUFFER SIZE. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-03-03.
- How severe is CVE-2025-0288?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-0288 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.