CVE-2025-4525
HIGHDiscord 1.0.9188 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element in WINSTA.dll
Title source: llmDescription
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
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2
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