CVE-2025-4525

HIGH

Discord 1.0.9188 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element in WINSTA.dll

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.308270
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.308270
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.562788

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-427 CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
discord/discord 1.0.9188
Published May 10, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026