CVE-2025-10213

DLL search path hijacking vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.0 High
Published: Sep 10, 2025
Updated: Sep 10, 2025
Reserved: Sep 10, 2025

Description

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 dxtn.dll file of their choice in the 'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\' directory, which could lead to arbitrary code execution and persistence.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.0 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	INCIBE

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

Product	Versions
UPDFUPDF	1.8.5.0Affected

References

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-updf

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