Ransomware Rampage: Paragon Partition Manager’s Vulnerable Driver Under Siege!
Threat actors are exploiting a security vulnerability in the Paragon Partition Manager driver, BioNTdrv.sys, for ransomware attacks. This zero-day flaw, CVE-2025-0289, allows privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution. But don’t worry, Paragon has patched the vulnerabilities, so no need to partition your hair in panic!
Hot Take:
Looks like Paragon Partition Manager’s driver is more like a mismanaged bouncer at a club—the kind that lets everyone in, including the shady characters. But don’t worry, Paragon’s finally beefed up security with version 2.0.0. Time to upgrade before your system turns into a ransomware rave!
Key Points:
– A zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) in Paragon Partition Manager’s driver, BioNTdrv.sys, is being exploited in ransomware attacks.
– Five vulnerabilities were discovered, including arbitrary memory mapping, kernel memory write, and insecure resource access.
– Threat actors can exploit these to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
– Paragon Software has addressed these issues with an updated driver, version 2.0.0.
– Microsoft’s driver blocklist now includes the vulnerable driver to prevent further exploits.