CVE-2025-5335: Privilege Ecalation due to Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
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: 2025-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-426

Description

A maliciously crafted binary file when downloaded could lead to escalation of privileges to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM due to an untrusted search path being utilized in the Autodesk Installer application. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to code execution.

Affected products

Autodesk Installer: before 2.15 — fixed in 2.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Autodesk Installer 2.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://emsfs.autodesk.com/utility/odis/1/installer/latest/AdODIS-installer.exe
https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2025-0010

Get alerted when CVE-2025-5335 or the next vulnerability affects your stack