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CVE-2025-34109: Panda Security PSEvents.exe Insecure DLL Loading Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

PSEvents.exe in multiple Panda Security products runs hourly with SYSTEM privileges and loads DLL files from a user-writable directory without proper validation. An attacker with low-privileged access who can write DLL files to the monitored directory can achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges. Affected products include Panda Global Protection 2016, Panda Antivirus Pro 2016, Panda Small Business Protection, and Panda Internet Security 2016 (all versions up to 16.1.2).

Affected products

• Panda Security Panda Antivirus Pro 2016: through 16.1.2
• Panda Security Panda Global Protection 2016: through 16.1.2
• Panda Security Panda Internet Security 2016: through 16.1.2
• Panda Security Panda Small Business Protection: through 16.1.2

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/panda_psevents.rb
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160704105329/http://www.pandasecurity.com/uk/support/card?id=100053
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170415211828/http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Panda%20Security%20-%20Privilege%20Escalation.pdf
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40020
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/panda-security-psevents-insecure-dll-loading-privilege-escalation

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