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CVE-2025-5296 HIGH

Published: 2025-08-18 | Last Modified: 2026-04-15 | Status: Deferred

Description

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability exists that could cause arbitrary data to be written to protected locations, potentially leading to escalation of privilege, arbitrary file corruption, exposure of application and system information or persistent denial of service when a low-privileged attacker tampers with the installation folder.

Additional Descriptions (1)

CWE-59: Existe una vulnerabilidad de resolución de enlace incorrecta antes del acceso a archivos ('Seguimiento de enlace') que podría provocar que se escriban datos arbitrarios en ubicaciones protegidas, lo que podría llevar a una escalada de privilegios, corrupción arbitraria de archivos, exposición de información de aplicaciones y sistemas o denegación persistente de servicio cuando un atacante con pocos privilegios manipula la carpeta de instalación.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 7.3 (HIGH)

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

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactLOW
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Secondary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 5.5

Base Score: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/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

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Attack RequirementsNONE
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Vulnerability ConfidentialityLOW
Vulnerability IntegrityHIGH
Vulnerability AvailabilityHIGH
Subsequent ConfidentialityNONE
Subsequent IntegrityNONE
Subsequent AvailabilityNONE

Source: [email protected]

Type: Secondary

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
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