CVE-2025-7676CWE-427

DLL hijacking of all PE32 executables on Windows 11 for ARM CPUs

Medium · published July 28, 2025

CVSS v4.0
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

DLL hijacking of all PE32 executables when run on Windows for ARM64 CPU architecture. This allows an attacker to execute code, if the attacker can plant a DLL in the same directory as the executable. Vulnerable versions of Windows 11 for ARM attempt to load Base DLLs that would ordinarily not be loaded from the application directory. Fixed in release 24H2, but present in all earlier versions of Windows 11 for ARM CPUs.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00155 · 4.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2025-07-28T16:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 16:34Z
    DLL hijacking of all PE32 executables on Windows 11 for ARM CPUs
    cvelistv5