CVE-2025-34109 (GCVE-0-2025-34109)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-15 13:04 – Updated: 2025-11-21 19:20
VLAI?
Title
Panda Security PSEvents.exe Insecure DLL Loading Privilege Escalation
Summary
PSEvents.exe in multiple Panda Security products runs hourly with SYSTEM privileges and loads DLL files from a user-writable directory without proper validation. An attacker with low-privileged access who can write DLL files to the monitored directory can achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges. Affected products include Panda Global Protection 2016, Panda Antivirus Pro 2016, Panda Small Business Protection, and Panda Internet Security 2016 (all versions up to 16.1.2).
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| Panda Security | Panda Global Protection 2016 |
Affected:
* , ≤ 16.1.2
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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