CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-10214

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

A DLL search path hijacking vulnerability in the UPDF.exe executable for Windows version 1.8.5.0 allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code by placing a FREngine.dll file of their choice in the 'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\UPDF\FREngine\Bin64\' directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and persistence.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running UPDF and establish persistence. This may lead to data theft or further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update UPDF to the latest version that eliminates the vulnerability. Restrict write permissions to directories used by the application and monitor for unusual DLL files in those locations.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

DLL search path hijacking vulnerability in the UPDF.exe executable for Windows version 1.8.5.0 allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code by placing a FREngine.dll file of their choice in the 'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\UPDF\FREngine\Bin64\' directory, which could lead to arbitrary code execution and persistence.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS