CVE-2025-4525 – Discord WINSTA.dll Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-4525 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CWE CWE-427
    Added CWE CWE-426
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.308270
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.308270
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.562788
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