CVE-2025-10549 (GCVE-0-2025-10549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-23 06:57 – Updated: 2026-04-23 14:03
VLAI?
Title
DLL Hijacking in EfficientLab Controlio Leads to Local Privilege Escalation
Summary
EfficientLab Controlio before v1.3.95 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability caused by weak folder permissions in the installation directory. A local attacker can place a specially crafted DLL in this directory and achieve arbitrary code execution with highest privileges, because the affected service runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
EfficientLab, LLC Controlio Affected: <1.3.95
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Credits
Tobias Niemann, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Daniel Hirschberger, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Thorger Jansen, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Marius Renner, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab
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