CVE-2025-35471 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2025-35471

conda-forge openssl-feedstock writable OPENSSLDIR

7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

conda-forge openssl-feedstock before 066e83c (2024-05-20), on Microsoft Windows, configures OpenSSL to use an OPENSSLDIR file path that can be written to by non-privilged local users. By writing a specially crafted openssl.cnf file in OPENSSLDIR, a non-privileged local user can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user or process loading openssl-feedstock DLLs. Miniforge before 24.5.0 is also affected.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

conda-forge

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Affected Software

openssl-feedstock, miniforge

Vulnerable Versions:

0, 066e83c, 24.5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 13th, 2025

Last Modified: May 22nd, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking

Privilege Escalation

T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1036 Masquerading

Defense Evasion

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter