CVE-2025-59889

Code execution via unauthenticated installer libraries

Published Oct 14, 2025 · Updated Oct 14, 2025

Uncontrolled library search in Eaton Intelligent Power Protector before 1.76 allows local users to execute code through its Windows installer. The installer loads library files from an uncontrolled search-path element without authenticating them, so a substituted library in a modified package runs. Exploitation requires package access and user interaction to launch the installer; the code runs in the installer's security context.

CVSS severity8.6
High
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled library search in Eaton Intelligent Power Protector before 1.76 allows local users to execute code through its Windows installer. The installer loads library files from an uncontrolled search-path element without authenticating them, so a substituted library in a modified package runs. Exploitation requires package access and user interaction to launch the installer; the code runs in the installer's security context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-59889
Published
Oct 14, 2025
Updated
Oct 14, 2025
Vendor
Eaton
Product
Intelligent Power Protector
Classifications
CWE-427, CAPEC-38, CAPEC-471, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.76

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Eaton · Intelligent Power Protectorversion=0 <1.76

Published CVSS scores

8.6EatonCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC-38Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths
CAPEC-471Search Order Hijacking
T1574.001Hijack Execution Flow: DLL

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