NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation
35Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and 1 threat group(s) use it.
ssvc Attendcvss 5.7epss 0.1%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDJan 13
VulnCheck+23d
exploitation probability
0.1%top 97% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
1 group(s)
Who exploits it — 1
Groups known to exploit this vulnerability (MITRE ATT&CK attribution).
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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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
NSecsoft · NSecKrnlReferences
https://github.com/ANYLNK/NSecSoftBYOVDhttps://hexastrike.com/resources/blog/threat-intelligence/valleyrat-exploiting-byovd-to-kill-endpoint-security/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-013-01.jsonhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68947https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/206f27ae820783b7755bca89f83a0fe096dbb510018dd65b63fc80bd20c03261