Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

No. The issue is local-only; an attacker must already have an account or code execution on the affected machine. The vulnerability then allows that local user to gain more privileges by abusing the quarantine restore behavior.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this?

The attacker needs to be a low-privileged local user, such as a standard desktop user. From that position, they interact with the quarantine management component and choose restore locations that are honored by a higher-privileged process.

What is the safest general fix pattern for developers?

The most robust fix is to ensure that any file restoration or write operation performed by a privileged component is tightly constrained: validate and canonicalize destination paths, restrict restores to non-privileged locations, and, where possible, execute the write operation under the security context of the requesting user so that OS-level access controls cannot be bypassed.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in Quick Heal Total Security Quarantine Restore

CVE-2025-69875

Published:

Feb 3, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

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Account Takeover / Loss of Account Control

February 17, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Privilege Management

CWE:

CWE-269;CWE-281;CWE-552

Impact:

Local Privilege Escalation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Privilege Management

CWE:

CWE-269;CWE-281;CWE-552

Impact:

Local Privilege Escalation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in Quick Heal Total Security Quarantine Restore

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Vulnerability Type

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