CVE-2025-57781
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 · uneditedThe installers of DENSO TEN drive recorder viewer contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.
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 confidenceThe DENSO TEN drive recorder viewer installers contain an insecure DLL search path vulnerability (DLL hijacking). The installer loads Dynamic Link Libraries from locations that may be writable by untrusted users, allowing an attacker to place a malicious DLL that the installer will execute with the privileges of the user running the setup.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 installed DENSO TEN drive recorder viewerCheck installed programs for 'DENSO TEN' or 'drive recorder viewer' entry, or locate any installer executable (.exe) for this product on the systemAffected if The product or its installer is present on the system
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Verify installer source integrityConfirm the installer was obtained from an official, trusted vendor source by checking the file's origin, digital signature, or hash against official vendor distributionAffected if The installer originates from an unverified or unofficial source
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Check installer directory permissionsInspect the folder containing the installer executable - right-click the directory, go to Properties, then Security tab to view which users have Write or Modify permissionsAffected if Users other than the owner have Write or Modify access to the directory containing the installer
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Assess user privilege contextNote whether the account running the installer has standard user rights rather than administrator, and whether the system is shared with untrusted usersAffected if The installer is run on a system with shared access or by a standard user in an environment where other users can write to the installer location
A user is affected if they run a DENSO TEN drive recorder viewer installer from a directory writable by untrusted users, or use an installer from an unverified source, allowing potential DLL hijacking during installation.
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 dataOnly run the installer from trusted, verified sources and ensure the directory where the installer is placed is not writable by other users. The vendor should release a patched installer using secure DLL loading practices (absolute paths, Safe DLL Search Mode enabled, or DLL redirection).
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-57781 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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