CVE-2025-26624
Local Privilege Escalation in Rufus 4.6 and previous versions
Severity Score
6.8
*CVSS v4
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Rufus 4.6.2208 and earlier versions allows an attacker loading and executing a malicious DLL with escalated privileges (since the executable has been granted higher privileges during the time of launch) due to the ability to inject a malicious `cfgmgr32.dll` in the same directory as the executable and have it side load automatically. This is fixed in commit `74dfa49`, which will be part of version 4.7. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as version 4.7 becomes available. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Attack Requirements
Privileges Required
User Interaction
System
Vulnerable | Subsequent
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2025-02-12 CVE Reserved
- 2025-02-18 CVE Published
- 2025-02-19 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-22 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
- CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC
References (2)
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| https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/commit/74dfa49707fd626b58d776d3400295740a29e23e | X_refsource_misc | |
| https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8p5-r296-g2jv | X_refsource_confirm |
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