Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT) - CVE-2025-27725
Published: December 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU119102
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27725
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT)
Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a time-of-check, time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-27725
Install updates from vendor's website.