CVE-2025-9491

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9491

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-9491.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-9491

Published

2025-08-26T17:15:41.337Z

Modified

2026-03-15T14:53:39.335276Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of .LNK files. Crafted data in an .LNK file can cause hazardous content in the file to be invisible to a user who inspects the file via the Windows-provided user interface. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-25373.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges

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    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "10.0.22631.4169"
            }
        ]
    }
]

source

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