CVE-2025-11940
A security vulnerability has been detected in LibreWolf up to 143.0.4-1 on Windows. This affects an unknown function of the file assets/setup.nsi of the component Installer. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack must be carried out locally. Attacks of this nature are highly complex. The exploitability is reported as difficult. Upgrading to version 144.0-1 mitigates this issue. The name of the patch is dd10e31dd873e9cb309fad8aed921d45bf905a55. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
CVSS
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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
- Puntuación base: 7.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 7
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1574.007Path Interception by PATH Environment Variablestealth · execution80 %
Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L) sin interacción de usuario en el instalador de LibreWolf que permite escalada de privilegios mediante búsqueda de rutas sin control (CWE-426/427), afectando al DLL hijacking durante la instalación.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-426, CWE-427
Referencias
- https://codeberg.org/librewolf/bsys6/commit/dd10e31dd873e9cb309fad8aed921d45bf905a55
- https://codeberg.org/librewolf/bsys6/releases/tag/144.0-1
- https://github.com/Cyber-Wo0dy/report/blob/main/librewolf/143.0.4-1/librewolf_installer_exe_hijacking.md
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329019
- https://vuldb.com/?id.329019
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.671575
- https://github.com/Cyber-Wo0dy/report/blob/main/librewolf/143.0.4-1/librewolf_installer_exe_hijacking.md
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.671575
JSON original (NVD)
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