CVE-2025-1729
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA DLL hijacking vulnerability was reported in TrackPoint Quick Menu software that, under certain conditions, could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDLL hijacking vulnerability in TrackPoint Quick Menu software allows a local attacker to place a malicious DLL in a location from which the application loads a DLL, potentially achieving privilege escalation when the vulnerable application runs.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if TrackPoint Quick Menu is installedSearch for TrackPoint Quick Menu in installed programs via Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run: Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*TrackPoint*Quick*Menu*'}Affected if TrackPoint Quick Menu appears in the list of installed software
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Locate the TrackPoint Quick Menu installation directoryCheck the InstallLocation from the registry key above, or search for the executable (commonly in Program Files or Program Files (x86) with 'TrackPoint' or 'Quick Menu' in the path)Affected if The software is found installed in a directory that is writable by standard users
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Examine file permissions on the installation directoryRight-click the installation folder in File Explorer > Properties > Security tab, or run: icacls "<installation_path>" to list permissions. Verify that standard users or attackers have write permission to any subfolderAffected if Any user account other than Administrators or SYSTEM has Write or Modify permissions on the application directory or its subdirectories
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Inspect the DLL search path used by the applicationMonitor the application startup using Process Monitor (ProcMon) from Sysinternals, filtering by Process Name of TrackPoint Quick Menu and operation 'CreateFile' looking for DLL loads. Check which directories the app searches for DLLsAffected if The application loads DLLs from directories that are writable by non-privileged users
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Check for unexpected DLLs in the application directoryList all DLL files in the installation directory: dir "<installation_path>\*.dll". Compare against expected DLLs from vendor documentation or a clean installationAffected if Unexpected or unknown DLL files exist in the installation directory that were not part of the original software
A user is affected if TrackPoint Quick Menu is installed and its installation directory or any directory in its DLL search path is writable by non-privileged users, allowing an attacker to plant a malicious DLL.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided patch when available; until then, restrict write access to directories in the application DLL search path and remove unnecessary write permissions in the software installation directory.
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