Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-25865

HighPublic PoC

Published: 18 June 2026

Published
18 June 2026
Modified
23 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
EPSS Score 0.0015 4.5th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-25865 is a high-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Spektion (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception by Unquoted Path (T1574.009); ranked at the 4.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Punto Switcher through 4.5.0.583 contains an unquoted search path element vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting the application's call to WinExec without a fully qualified path for RunDll32.exe when invoking shell32.dll Control_RunDLL input.dll. Attackers can…

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place a malicious executable earlier in the search order to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the affected user.

CWE(s)
CWE-428

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path Stealth
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references.
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Why these techniques?

Unquoted search path in WinExec call for RunDll32.exe enables path interception by placing malicious executable earlier in search order (CWE-428).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Spektion
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References