CVE-2018-25044
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in uTorrent.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in uTorrent. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Guest Account. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be initiated 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
- 0.98% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- bittorrent/utorrent
- 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://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.113807Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.113807Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.