Detections
Analytics

CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor 7.16.x < 7.16.18637 / 7.24.19608 / 7.25.19706 / 7.26.19809 / 7.26.19811 / 7.27.19907 / 7.28.20006 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 270001

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor installed on the remote host is prior to 7.16.18637, 7.24.19608, 7.25.19707, 7.26.19813, 7.27.19909, or 7.28.20008. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the vendor advisory.

 - A race condition exists in the Falcon sensor for Windows that could allow an attacker, with the prior ability to execute code on a host, to delete arbitrary files. CrowdStrike released a security fix for this issue in Falcon sensor for Windows versions 7.24 and above and all Long Term Visibility (LTV) sensors.
 There is no indication of exploitation of these issues in the wild. Our threat hunting and intelligence team are actively monitoring for exploitation and we maintain visibility into any such attempts. The Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this. CrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed. (CVE-2025-42701)

 - A logic error exists in the Falcon sensor for Windows that could allow an attacker, with the prior ability to execute code on a host, to delete arbitrary files. CrowdStrike released a security fix for this issue in Falcon sensor for Windows versions 7.24 and above and all Long Term Visibility (LTV) sensors. There is no indication of exploitation of these issues in the wild. Our threat hunting and intelligence teams are actively monitoring for exploitation and we maintain visibility into any such attempts. The Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this.
 CrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed. (CVE-2025-42706)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor version 7.16.18637 / 7.24.19608 / 7.25.19707 / 7.26.19813 / 7.27.19909 / 7.28.20008 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b23f71a7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 270001

File Name: crowdstrike_falcon_sensor_7_28_20008.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/10/2025

Updated: 10/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-42706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:crowdstrike:falcon_sensor

Required KB Items: installed_sw/CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-42701, CVE-2025-42706

IAVA: 2025-A-0737