PT-2025-37036 · Microsoft · Windows 11+1

Published 2025-09-10 · Updated 2025-09-10 · CVE-2025-40979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows 11 version 1.27.8

Description: A DLL search order hijacking issue exists in the wave.exe executable. Successful exploitation could allow attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code by placing an arbitrary file in the 'C:UsersAppDataLocalTemp' directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and persistence.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-40979

Affected Products

Windows 11

Wave.Exe

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40979 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1965766090681622793 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1965763079159136298 · Twitter Post
• https://incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/dll-search-order-hijack-wave-grandstream-networks · Note