What is CVE-2018-25041?

CVE-2018-25041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unspecified Utorrent, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-25041?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Unspecified Utorrent

CVE-2018-25041

A vulnerability was found in uTorrent. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JSON RPC Server. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-informat… (Not Applicable)
lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.html (Broken Link)
vuldb.com/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25041?: CVE-2018-25041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unspecified Utorrent, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-25041?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.