CWE-426Weakness · CWE-426

CVE-2025-4532

HIGH · 7.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-11
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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72/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click

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 · unedited
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Shanghai Bairui Information Technology SunloginClient 15.8.3.19819. This affects an unknown part in the library process.dll of the file sunlogin_guard.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Local access is required to approach this attack. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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 confidence

This is an uncontrolled search path vulnerability (DLL hijacking) in SunloginClient 15.8.3.19819. The process.dll library is loaded by sunlogin_guard.exe without secure path specification, allowing a local attacker to place a malicious DLL in a directory that gets searched before the legitimate location, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

MitigationRestrict write permissions in directories within the DLL search path, run the application from a controlled directory with strict access controls, and implement application whitelisting until an official vendor patch is released.

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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
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify SunloginClient version
    Locate the SunloginClient installation directory (typically in Program Files or Program Files (x86)) and check the version of sunlogin_guard.exe or the main client executable by right-clicking and selecting Properties > Details
    Affected if The installed version matches 15.8.3.19819 or is within the affected version range of SunloginClient 15.8.3.19819
  2. Confirm sunlogin_guard.exe exists
    Search for sunlogin_guard.exe in the SunloginClient installation folder and verify it is present
    Affected if sunlogin_guard.exe is found on the system, indicating the vulnerable component is installed
  3. Check for process.dll
    Locate process.dll in the same directory as sunlogin_guard.exe or in the application's bin folder
    Affected if process.dll exists in the application directory, confirming the DLL that can be hijacked is present
  4. Identify writable directories in DLL search path
    Examine directories that would be searched before the legitimate DLL location (current working directory, application directory, system directories in PATH). Check write permissions on these directories, especially the application's working directory
    Affected if A directory in the DLL search path (particularly the application's working directory) is writable by a local user, allowing placement of a malicious DLL before the legitimate process.dll is loaded

A user is affected if SunloginClient version 15.8.3.19819 is installed, sunlogin_guard.exe with process.dll exists, and directories in the DLL search path are writable by unprivileged users.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Restrict write permissions in directories within the DLL search path, run the application from a controlled directory with strict access controls, and implement application whitelisting until an official vendor patch is released.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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