CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-4211

7.3 HIGH Published 2025-05-16 Modified 2026-07-29 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2025-05-16
Last modified
2026-07-29
Assigner
a59d8014-47c4-4630-ab43-e1b13cbe58e3
CVSS 4.0 (a59d8014-47c4-4630-ab43-e1b13cbe58e3)
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in QFileSystemEngine in the Qt corelib module on Windows which potentially allows Symlink Attacks and the use of Malicious Files. Issue originates from CVE-2024-38081. The vulnerability arises from the use of the GetTempPath API, which can be exploited by attackers to manipulate temporary file paths, potentially leading to unauthorized access and privilege escalation. The affected public API in the Qt Framework is QDir::tempPath() and anything that uses it, such as QStandardPaths with TempLocation, QTemporaryDir, and QTemporaryFile. This issue affects all version of Qt up to and including 5.15.18, from 6.0.0 through 6.5.8, from 6.6.0 through 6.8.1. It is fixed in Qt 5.15.19, Qt 6.5.9, Qt 6.8.2, 6.9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

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