Advisories

Crucial Storage Executive < 11.08.082025.00 Installer DLL Preloading LPE

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • Crucial Storage Executive < 11.08.082025.00

CWE
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CVSS
7.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Kazuma Matsumoto, a security researcher at GMO Cybersecurity by IERAE, Inc.
Description
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongside the installer to be loaded instead of the intended system library. A local attacker who can convince a victim to run the installer from a directory containing the attacker-supplied DLL can achieve arbitrary code execution with administrator privileges.