CVE-2025-7427 (GCVE-0-2025-7427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-22 09:52 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
VLAI
Title
Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Arm Development Studio before 2025
Summary
Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Arm Development Studio before 2025 may allow an attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. Successful exploitation could lead to local arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running Arm Development Studio.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Arm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Arm Development Studio Affected: 0 , < 2025 (custom)
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Date Public
2025-07-22 09:50
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