CVE-2025-0221

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 28.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.8 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-01-05 15:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-06 14:46Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2025-01-04

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fdfbb1b6d482541aaab50270cfcb9225b02a91c04d6cb457a8bdb9bdfed3c13c

• vuldb.comVDB-290200 | IOBit Protected Folder IOCTL pffilter.sys 0x22200c null pointer dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?id.290200vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-290200 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.290200signaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comSubmit #466955 | IOBit Protected Folder V1.3.0 NULL Pointer Dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?submit.466955third-party-advisory
• shareforall.notion.sitehttps://shareforall.notion.site/IOBit-Protected-Folder-pffilter-0x22200C-NPD-DOS-15260437bb1e80b2a477d42396d5d06cexploit