Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-14963
A vulnerability identified in the HX Agent driver file fekern.sys allowed a threat actor with local user access the ability to gain elevated system privileges. Utilization of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) was leveraged to gain access to the critical Windows process memory lsass.exe (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service). The fekern.sys is a driver file associated with the HX Agent (used in all existing HX Agent versions). The vulnerable driver installed in a product or a system running a fully functional HX Agent is, itself, not exploitable as the product’s tamper protection restricts the ability to communicate with the driver to only the Agent’s processes.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 7.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
Products affected by CVE-2025-14963
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cpe:2.3:a:trellix:endpoint_security:*
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cpe:2.3:a:trellix:endpoint_security:35.31.0-37
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cpe:2.3:a:trellix:endpoint_security:36.30.0-17