CVE-2018-25044 (GCVE-0-2018-25044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-06-17 04:45
Modified
2025-04-15 14:23
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in uTorrent. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Guest Account. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttp://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.htmlThird Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.113807Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.113807Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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