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Description

DLL search order hijacking vulnerability in the wave.exe executable for Windows 11, version 1.27.8. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code by placing an arbitrary file in the 'C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\Temp' directory, which could lead to arbitrary code execution and persistence. This vulnerability is only replicable in versions of Windows 11 and does not affect earlier versions.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-09-10 | Updated 2025-09-10 | Assigner INCIBE




HIGH: 7.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 1.27.11
affected

Credits

Alexander Huaman Jaimes finder

References

www.incibe.es/...arch-order-hijack-wave-grandstream-networks

cve.org (CVE-2025-40979)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-40979)

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