Riskcovery

CVE-2025-35471

conda-forge openssl-feedstock writable OPENSSLDIR

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
May 22, 2025
Reserved
Apr 15, 2025

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Description

conda-forge openssl-feedstock before 066e83c (2024-05-20), on Microsoft Windows, configures OpenSSL to use an OPENSSLDIR file path that can be written to by non-privilged local users. By writing a specially crafted openssl.cnf file in OPENSSLDIR, a non-privileged local user can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user or process loading openssl-feedstock DLLs. Miniforge before 24.5.0 is also affected.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.0 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Ncisa-cg
3.17.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hcisa-cg

Weaknesses

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openssl-feedstockconda-forge
  • before 066e83cAffected
  • 066e83cNot affected
miniforgeconda-forge
  • before 24.5.0Affected
  • 24.5.0Not affected

References

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