Punto Switcher 4.5.0.583 Unquoted Search Path via WinExec_CVE-2026-25865

8.5 / 10

HIGH

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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-25865

Source VulnCheck

Published Jun 18, 2026 at 19:39

Affected Product

Vendor Yandex

Product Punto Switcher

Affected Versions Yandex Punto Switcher 0

CWE Classification

CWE-428

References

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