VDB-359864 · CVE-2025-69689 · GCVE-0-2025-69689

Fan Control Application prior 251 permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Fan Control Application. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-69689. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fan Control Application. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Fan Control application V251 contains an improper privilege handling vulnerability in its Open File Dialog. The dialog processes user-supplied paths with elevated permissions, which can be exploited by a local attacker to perform actions with administrator-level privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at getfancontrol.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-69689 since 01/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 251 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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Productinfo

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Fan Control Application

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

ADP CISA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Fan Control Application 251

Timelineinfo

01/09/2026 CVE reserved
04/27/2026 +107 days Advisory disclosed
04/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: getfancontrol.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-69689 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-69689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-359864

Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2026 20:23
Changes: 04/27/2026 20:23 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103