CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-15561
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT Authority\SYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:\ProgramData\wta\ClientExe directory, which is writable by "Everyone". The executable will then be run by the WorkTime monitoring daemon.
Affected configurations
• nestersoft worktime (<= 11.8.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://r.sec-consult.com/worktime Third Party Advisory