# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-42701"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-10-08T17:18:32.434Z"
updatedAt: "2025-10-08T19:26:49.280Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-42701"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-42701.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42701"
title: "CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows Race Condition"
summary: "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.\n\n\nThere 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. \n\n\nThe Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this.\n\nCrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7.28","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.28.20008"},{"version":"7.27","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.27.19909"},{"version":"7.26","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.26.19813"},{"version":"7.25","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.25.19707"},{"version":"7.24","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.24.19608"}],"vendor":"CrowdStrike","product":"Falcon sensor for Windows","platforms":["Windows"],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"versions":[{"version":"7.16","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.16.18637"}],"vendor":"CrowdStrike","product":"Falcon sensor for Windows","platforms":["Windows 7","Windows Server 2008"],"defaultStatus":"unknown"}]

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