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CVE-2025-13051: Windows service used an uncontrolled search path element will cause unauthorized code execution with localsystem privileges
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-11-19 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-427
Description
When the service of ABP and AES is installed in a directory writable by non-administrative users, an attacker can replace or plant a DLL with the same name as one loaded by the service. Upon service restart, the malicious DLL is loaded and executed under the LocalSystem account, resulting in unauthorized code execution with elevated privileges. This issue affects ABP and AES: from ABP 2.0 through 2.0.7.9050, from AES 1.0 through 1.0.6.8290.
Affected products
- ASUSTOR ABP and AES: from ABP 2.0 through 2.0.7.9050; from AES 1.0 through 1.0.6.8290
References
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