CVE-2018-25041

uTorrent JSON RPC Server privileges management

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Jun 17, 2022
Updated: Apr 15, 2025
Reserved: Jun 4, 2022

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
uTorrentunspecified	n/aAffected

References

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/
http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.html
https://vuldb.com/?id.113804

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