CVE-2025-0567 (GCVE-0-2025-0567)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-19 07:31 – Updated: 2025-01-21 15:06
VLAI?
Title
Epic Games Launcher Installer profapi.dll untrusted search path
Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Epic Games Launcher up to 17.2.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library profapi.dll of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult.
Severity ?
2 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
https://vuldb.com/?id.292528 vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.292528 signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.481104 third-party-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Epic Games Launcher Affected: 17.2.0
Affected: 17.2.1
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Credits
Havook (VulDB User)
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