CVE-2025-14963
Published: Feb 24, 2026
Modified: Feb 26, 2026
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Trellix | Endpoint HX Agent (xAgent) | affected 36.30.0-17, 35.31.0-37, 34.x, 33.x and 30.x |
Weaknesses (CWE)
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