CVE-2025-15561 PUBLISHED

Local Privilege Escalation in NesterSoft WorkTime

Assigner: SEC-VLab
Reserved: 04.02.2026 Published: 19.02.2026 Updated: 19.02.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor NesterSoft Inc.
Product WorkTime (on-prem/cloud)
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version <= 11.8.8 is affected

Solutions

The vendor did not respond to our communication attempts anymore. It is currently as of February 2026 unclear, whether a patch is available. Please contact the vendor to request a patch for the identified critical security issues.

Credits

  • Tobias Niemann, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab finder
  • Daniel Hirschberger, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab finder
  • Thorger Jansen, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab finder
  • Marius Renner, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation