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GHSA-MF7M-RM6J-7H8R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-06-18 00:00 – Updated: 2022-06-28 00:00

Details

A vulnerability was found in uTorrent. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JSON RPC Server. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2018-25041 (GCVE-0-2018-25041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-17 04:45 – Updated: 2025-04-15 14:24

Summary

Severity ?

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/d…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulner…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://vuldb.com/?id.113804	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	unspecified	uTorrent	Affected: n/a

Credits

Tavis Ormandy

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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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GHSA-MF7M-RM6J-7H8R

CVE-2018-25041 (GCVE-0-2018-25041)

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