CVE Explorer
CVE-2025-71178
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongside the installer to be loaded instead of the intended system library. A local attacker who can convince a victim to run the installer from a directory containing the attacker-supplied DLL can achieve arbitrary code execut
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Crucial Storage Executive","vendor":"Micron Technology, Inc.","versions":[{"lessThan":"11.08.082025.00","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact…
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
2 source assertions{"tags":["product","patch"],"url":"https://eu.crucial.com/support/storage-executive"}
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{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crucial-storage-executive-installer-dll-preloading-lpe"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e44a581efaa7daf785080320a980a7686cc69690278fea88b5458d043c23ff4c · sha256:7f7ef07432f55d81… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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