CVE-2025-62628
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 · uneditedUnsafe OpenSSL initialization within some AMD optional tools may allow a local user-privileged attacker to inject a malicious DLL, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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 · high confidenceAMD optional tools have unsafe OpenSSL initialization that does not properly validate DLL loading paths, allowing a local attacker with user-level privileges to inject a malicious DLL that gets loaded by the application, leading to arbitrary code execution.
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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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- Authentication
- X
- User interaction
- P
- Scope
- X
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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 AMD optional tools are installedCheck common installation paths for AMD tools: C:\Program Files\AMD\, C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD\, or search for AMD executables using 'Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Recurse -Filter "AMD*" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue' in PowerShellAffected if Any AMD optional tools (e.g., AMD RAIDXpert, AMD Catalyst, AMD OverDrive, or similar utilities) are found on the system
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Determine installed version of AMD toolsRight-click each AMD executable, select Properties, then look at the Details tab for Version information, or use 'Get-Item | Select-Object VersionInfo' in PowerShellAffected if The installed version matches or falls within any vulnerable version range provided by AMD security advisories for this CVE
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Check for OpenSSL DLL files in application directoryExamine the directory where AMD tools are installed for OpenSSL DLLs (libssl, libcrypto, ssleay32, libeay32) and verify if they are present alongside the executableAffected if OpenSSL DLLs are found in the same directory as AMD tools, indicating potential use of OpenSSL with vulnerable initialization
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Inspect DLL search path configurationRun 'dumpbin /dependents <path to AMD tool exe>' or use Process Monitor to observe which DLLs the application attempts to load at runtimeAffected if The application loads DLLs from directories that are writable by standard users (e.g., user profile folders, temp directories, or directories in PATH with weak permissions)
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Verify write permissions in DLL search locationsUse 'icacls' command on directories in the application's DLL search path to check if standard users have write access to any folder that precedes the application's own directoryAffected if Any directory in the DLL load chain is writable by non-admin users, allowing DLL planting injection
A user is affected if AMD optional tools are installed and any directories in the DLL search path are writable by standard users, enabling malicious DLL injection through unsafe OpenSSL initialization.
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 dataIdentify and update all affected AMD optional tools to use secure OpenSSL initialization with explicit DLL paths and disable DLL search order loading; remove or restrict write access to directories in the DLL search path to prevent injection.
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