Seagate Toolkit prior 2.34.0.33 Program.exe unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Seagate Toolkit and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Program.exe. Performing a manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-9043. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Seagate Toolkit. This affects an unknown part of the file Program.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The service executable path in Seagate Toolkit on Versions prior to 2.34.0.33 on Windows allows an attacker with Admin privileges to exploit a vulnerability as classified under CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element. An attacker with write permissions to the root could place a malicious Program.exe file, which would execute with SYSTEM privileges.

It is possible to read the advisory at seagate.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-9043 since 08/14/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.34.0.33 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Toolkit 2.34.0.33

Timelineinfo

08/14/2025 Advisory disclosed
08/14/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
08/14/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/21/2025 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seagate.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-9043 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-9043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320211

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2025 19:56
Updated: 08/21/2025 16:46
Changes: 08/14/2025 19:56 (66), 08/21/2025 16:46 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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