CVE-2018-25041
A vulnerability was found in uTorrent.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in uTorrent. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JSON RPC Server. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.02% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- utorrent/web
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 1.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.htmlBroken Link
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.113804Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/Not Applicable
- http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.htmlBroken Link
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.113804Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/Not Applicable
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.