8.5

CVE-2025-49797: brother industries, ltd. multiple driver installers for windows

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighDeferred
Published 25-06-2025Last modified 19-08-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-49797 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in brother industries, ltd. multiple driver installers for windows. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-08-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple Brother driver installers for Windows contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. If exploited, an arbitrary program may be executed with the administrative privilege. As for the details of affected product names, model numbers, and versions, refer to the information provided by the respective vendors listed under [References].

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.17% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Brother industries, ltd.1 product
Ricoh company, ltd.1 product
Toshiba tec corporation1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links