CVE-2025-26624 – Rufus DLL Hijacking Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-26624 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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
    Added CWE CWE-427
    Added CWE CWE-426
    Added Reference https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/commit/74dfa49707fd626b58d776d3400295740a29e23e
    Added Reference https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8p5-r296-g2jv
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