Arm Development Studio prior 2025 uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Arm Development Studio. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-7427. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Arm Development Studio and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Arm Development Studio before 2025 may allow an attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. Successful exploitation could lead to local arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running Arm Development Studio.

It is possible to read the advisory at developer.arm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-7427 since 07/10/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2025 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22307). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Development Studio 2025

Timelineinfo

07/10/2025 CVE reserved
07/22/2025 +12 days Advisory disclosed
07/22/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/19/2025 +150 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: developer.arm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-7427 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-7427
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317227
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2025 13:53
Updated: 12/19/2025 12:49
Changes: 07/22/2025 13:53 (53), 07/22/2025 15:36 (1), 07/24/2025 03:55 (1), 12/19/2025 12:49 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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