SYSTEM privilege escalation via untrusted search path
Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated Aug 26, 2025
Untrusted search path handling in Autodesk VRED Design before 2025.2 allows local users to execute code as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. When a malicious binary is downloaded, the application resolves executable code through an untrusted search path and loads attacker-controlled content. Exploitation requires user interaction with the crafted file and grants code execution at the Windows SYSTEM privilege level.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path handling in Autodesk VRED Design before 2025.2 allows local users to execute code as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. When a malicious binary is downloaded, the application resolves executable code through an untrusted search path and loads attacker-controlled content. Exploitation requires user interaction with the crafted file and grants code execution at the Windows SYSTEM privilege level.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-7995
- Published
- Nov 5, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Vendor
- Autodesk
- Product
- VRED Design
- Classifications
- CWE-426, CAPEC-38, T1204.002, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2025 <2025.2
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