CVE-2025-26624
MEDIUM EPSS 6.9%
Published Feb 18, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.8 CVSS 4.0
Published Feb 18, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Rufus 4.6.2208 and earlier versions allows an attacker loading and executing a malicious DLL with escalated privileges (since the executable has been granted higher privileges during the time of launch) due to the ability to inject a malicious `cfgmgr32.dll` in the same directory as the executable and have it side load automatically. This is fixed in commit `74dfa49`, which will be part of version 4.7. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as version 4.7 becomes available. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction P
Scope X
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
6.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 2
CWE-426
CWE-427
References 2
- github.com https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/commit/74dfa49707fd626b58d776d3400295740a29e23e
- github.com https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8p5-r296-g2jv
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.