Vulnerability in Patch My Pc Home Updater
CVE-2025-4455
A vulnerability was found in Patch My PC Home Updater up to 5.1.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library advapi32.dll/BCrypt.dll/comctl32.dll/crypt32.dll/dwmapi.dll/gdi32.dll/gdiplus.dll/imm32.dll/iphlpapi.dll/kernel32.dll/mscms.dll/msctf.dll/ntdll.dll/ole32.dll/oleaut32.dll/PresentationNative_cor3.dll/secur32.dll/shcore.dll/shell32.dll/sspicli.dll/System.IO. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Patch My Pc Home Updater — versions 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required)
- vuldb.com/ (third-party-advisory)
- gist.github.com/shellkraft/d7db265b53115d52a4ca5bffe5e9c6e4 (exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-4455?
- CVE-2025-4455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Patch My Pc Home Updater, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-05-09.
- How severe is CVE-2025-4455?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-4455 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.