CVE-2018-25041 (GCVE-0-2018-25041)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-06-17 04:45
Modified
2025-04-15 14:24
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 was found in uTorrent. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JSON RPC Server. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched 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://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.htmlBroken Link
cna@vuldb.comhttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.113804Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.113804Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/Not Applicable
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