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CVE-2025-15561

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-02-19 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT Authority\SYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named  WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:\ProgramData\wta\ClientExe directory, which is writable by "Everyone". The executable will then be run by the WorkTime monitoring daemon.

Affected Platforms

Nestersoft Worktime

Weakness Type

CWE-269, NVD-CWE-noinfo

References