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GHSA-MPW4-P79M-F6XF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-19 09:30 – Updated: 2025-01-19 09:30

Details

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 ?

4.5 (Medium)


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

2.0 (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

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  ],
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  "id": "GHSA-mpw4-p79m-f6xf",
  "modified": "2025-01-19T09:30:25Z",
  "published": "2025-01-19T09:30:25Z",
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CVE-2025-0567 (GCVE-0-2025-0567)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-19 07:31 – Updated: 2025-01-21 15:06

Title

Epic Games Launcher Installer profapi.dll untrusted search path

Summary

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

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

	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

Credits

Havook (VulDB User)

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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-MPW4-P79M-F6XF

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

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