{"id":"CVE-2025-5480","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-5480","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:06.580Z","title":"Action1 Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.","description":"Action1 Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Action1.  An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-26767.","published":"2025-06-06T19:15:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:48:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":["action1/agent"],"epss":{"score":0.00322,"percentile":0.25101,"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 (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.action1.com/blog/acknowledging-zdi-can-26767-high-severity-vulnerability-in-action1-agent/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-323/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5480","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."}