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CVE-2026-25865

HIGH
7.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
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 place a malicious executable earlier in the search order to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the affected user.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-25865
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Reserved
2026-02-06 19:12 UTC
Published
2026-06-18 19:39 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-18 19:39 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-428
Unquoted Search Path or Element
Vendor / Product
Yandex / Punto Switcher
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Yandex Punto Switcher 0 ≤ 4.5.0.583
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-428 cna Unquoted Search Path or Element
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.5 HIGH 4.0 cna 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
7.8 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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