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GHSA-Q29P-VG3V-Q6C5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-09 03:30 – Updated: 2025-05-09 03:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.3 (High)


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

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    "CVE-2025-4455"
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    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-q29p-vg3v-q6c5",
  "modified": "2025-05-09T03:30:25Z",
  "published": "2025-05-09T03:30:25Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4455"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/d7db265b53115d52a4ca5bffe5e9c6e4"
    },
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      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.308069"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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CVE-2025-4455 (GCVE-0-2025-4455)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 02:31 – Updated: 2025-05-09 03:33

Title

Patch My PC Home Updater System.IO uncontrolled search path

Summary

Severity ?

7.3 (High)


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

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path
CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

	https://vuldb.com/?id.308069	vdb-entry
	https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.308069	signaturepermissions-required
	https://vuldb.com/?submit.562440	third-party-advisory
	https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/d7db265b53115d…	exploit

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Patch My PC	Home Updater	Affected: 5.1.0 Affected: 5.1.1 Affected: 5.1.2 Affected: 5.1.3.0

Credits

shellkraft (VulDB User)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-Q29P-VG3V-Q6C5

CVE-2025-4455 (GCVE-0-2025-4455)

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