{"id":"CVE-2018-25044","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-25044","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:28.703Z","title":"A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in uTorrent.","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.","published":"2022-06-17T13:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:54:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["bittorrent/utorrent"],"epss":{"score":0.00978,"percentile":0.61997,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.113807","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.113807","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25044","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}