VeePN up to 1.6.2 AVService avservice.exe unquoted search path

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VeePN up to 1.6.2. This impacts an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\VeePN\avservice\avservice.exe of the component AVService. Such manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-12286. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VeePN up to 1.6.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\VeePN\avservice\avservice.exe of the component AVService. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-12286. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/27/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/26/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/26/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/27/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-12286 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329954

Entryinfo

Created: 10/26/2025 17:28
Updated: 10/27/2025 23:42
Changes: 10/26/2025 17:28 (51), 10/26/2025 17:29 (1), 10/27/2025 23:42 (30)
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Submitter: lakshay12311
Cache ID: 216::103

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