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FKIE_CVE-2025-10549

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-23 07:16 - Updated: 2026-04-24 14:50

Severity ?

5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Summary

EfficientLab Controlio before v1.3.95 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability caused by weak folder permissions in the installation directory. A local attacker can place a specially crafted DLL in this directory and achieve arbitrary code execution with highest privileges, because the affected service runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

References

	URL	Tags
	551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf	https://kb.controlio.net/hc/en-us/articles/45777908471185-Client-Update-April-15-2026-ver-1-3-95
	551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf	https://r.sec-consult.com/controlio

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-10549 (GCVE-0-2025-10549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-23 06:57 – Updated: 2026-04-23 14:03

Title

DLL Hijacking in EfficientLab Controlio Leads to Local Privilege Escalation

Summary

Severity ?

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

SEC-VLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://r.sec-consult.com/controlio	third-party-advisory
	https://kb.controlio.net/hc/en-us/articles/457779…	release-notes

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	EfficientLab, LLC	Controlio	Affected: <1.3.95

Credits

Tobias Niemann, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Daniel Hirschberger, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Thorger Jansen, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Marius Renner, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2025-10549

CVE-2025-10549 (GCVE-0-2025-10549)

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