CVE-2025-13051 (GCVE-0-2025-13051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-19 02:50 – Updated: 2025-11-19 20:04
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Summary
When the service of ABP and AES is installed in a directory writable by non-administrative users, an attacker can replace or plant a DLL with the same name as one loaded by the service. Upon service restart, the malicious DLL is loaded and executed under the LocalSystem account, resulting in unauthorized code execution with elevated privileges. This issue affects ABP and AES: from ABP 2.0 through 2.0.7.9050, from AES 1.0 through 1.0.6.8290.
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ASUSTOR ABP and AES Affected: ABP 2.0 , ≤ 2.0.7.9050 (custom)
Affected: AES 1.0 , ≤ 1.0.6.8290 (custom)
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Credits
Kazuma Matsumoto, Security Researcher at GMO Cybersecurity by IERAE, Inc.
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