Untrusted Search Path Affecting pbatard/rufus package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PBATARDRUFUS-8737908
  • published19 Feb 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025
  • creditShashi Raj,Shaurya

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2025-26624  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path in the form of loading arbitrary cfgmgr32.dll files located in the same directory as the executable. An attacker can execute code with elevated privileges on target systems compiled with mingw.

Note: Only windows applications are vulnerable.

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