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GHSA-PCG2-78C9-XJ3V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-11 21:31 – Updated: 2025-12-11 21:31

Details

Under certain circumstances, the Quartus Prime Pro Installer for Windows does not check the permissions of the Quartus target installation directory if the target installation directory already exists.

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


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

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2025-13663 (GCVE-0-2025-13663)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-11 20:35 – Updated: 2025-12-11 21:03

Summary

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


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

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-279 - Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

Assigner

Altera

References

URL

Tags

https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Altera	Quartus Prime Pro	Affected: 17.0 , ≤ 24.3.1 (custom)

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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-PCG2-78C9-XJ3V

CVE-2025-13663 (GCVE-0-2025-13663)

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