CVE-2026-25865 (GCVE-0-2026-25865)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 19:39 – Updated: 2026-06-18 19:39
VLAI
Title
Punto Switcher 4.5.0.583 Unquoted Search Path via WinExec
Summary
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.
Severity
8.5 (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
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Yandex Punto Switcher Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.5.0.583 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-06-09 00:00
Credits
Spektion Research Team VulnCheck
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