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CVE-2025-4455

Patch My PC Home Updater System.IO uncontrolled search path



Description

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A vulnerability was found in Patch My PC Home Updater up to 5.1.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library advapi32.dll/BCrypt.dll/comctl32.dll/crypt32.dll/dwmapi.dll/gdi32.dll/gdiplus.dll/imm32.dll/iphlpapi.dll/kernel32.dll/mscms.dll/msctf.dll/ntdll.dll/ole32.dll/oleaut32.dll/PresentationNative_cor3.dll/secur32.dll/shcore.dll/shell32.dll/sspicli.dll/System.IO. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Eine Schwachstelle wurde in Patch My PC Home Updater bis 5.1.3.0 ausgemacht. Sie wurde als kritisch eingestuft. Hierbei geht es um eine nicht exakt ausgemachte Funktion in der Bibliothek advapi32.dll/BCrypt.dll/comctl32.dll/crypt32.dll/dwmapi.dll/gdi32.dll/gdiplus.dll/imm32.dll/iphlpapi.dll/kernel32.dll/mscms.dll/msctf.dll/ntdll.dll/ole32.dll/oleaut32.dll/PresentationNative_cor3.dll/secur32.dll/shcore.dll/shell32.dll/sspicli.dll/System.IO. Durch die Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine uncontrolled search path-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden muss der Angriff lokal. Die Komplexität eines Angriffs ist eher hoch. Die Ausnutzbarkeit gilt als schwierig. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.

Reserved 2025-05-08 | Published 2025-05-09 | Updated 2025-05-09 | Assigner VulDB


HIGH: 7.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.0AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem types

Uncontrolled Search Path

Untrusted Search Path

Product status

5.1.0
affected

5.1.1
affected

5.1.2
affected

5.1.3.0
affected

Timeline

2025-05-08:Advisory disclosed
2025-05-08:VulDB entry created
2025-05-08:VulDB entry last update

Credits

shellkraft (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.308069 (VDB-308069 | Patch My PC Home Updater System.IO uncontrolled search path) vdb-entry

vuldb.com/?ctiid.308069 (VDB-308069 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.562440 (Submit #562440 | Patch My Pc Patch My PC Home Updater <=5.1.3.0 Uncontrolled Search Path) third-party-advisory

gist.github.com/shellkraft/d7db265b53115d52a4ca5bffe5e9c6e4 exploit

cve.org (CVE-2025-4455)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-4455)

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