CVE-2025-54512

Privilege escalation via installer DLL side-loading

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026

DLL hijacking in AMD Ryzen Master and its Monitoring SDK allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges during installation. The installer insufficiently verifies creation and use of its setup folder, then side-loads DLLs from that attacker-writable location. Exploitation requires a low-privileged local user to place a malicious DLL before an administrator runs the installer, which executes it with elevated privileges.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability0.12%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

DLL hijacking in AMD Ryzen Master and its Monitoring SDK allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges during installation. The installer insufficiently verifies creation and use of its setup folder, then side-loads DLLs from that attacker-writable location. Exploitation requires a low-privileged local user to place a malicious DLL before an administrator runs the installer, which executes it with elevated privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-54512
Published
Aug 11, 2026
Updated
Aug 11, 2026
Vendor
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product
AMD Ryzen Master
Classifications
CWE-427, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · AMD Ryzen MasterAffected versions are unavailable in this record.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · AMD Ryzen Master Monitoring SDKAffected versions are unavailable in this record.

Published CVSS scores

7.0Advanced Micro Devices Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1574.001Hijack Execution Flow: DLL

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