PT-2026-4799 · Crucial · Crucial Storage Executive

Published 2026-01-26 · Updated 2026-01-26 · CVE-2025-71178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/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 Crucial Storage Executive versions prior to 11.08.082025.00

Description The Crucial Storage Executive installer is susceptible to a DLL preloading issue. The installer operates with elevated privileges and utilizes an uncontrolled search path when loading Windows DLLs. This allows a malicious DLL, positioned alongside the installer, to be loaded in place of the legitimate system library. A local attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges by convincing a user to run the installer from a directory containing the attacker-supplied DLL.

Recommendations Update Crucial Storage Executive to version 11.08.082025.00 or later.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-71178

Affected Products

Crucial Storage Executive

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71178 · Security Note
• https://eu.crucial.com/support/storage-executive · Patch
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2015856448962540027 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/crucial-storage-executive-installer-dll-preloading-lpe · Note