CVE-2025-71178

7.1 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.1). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongside the installer to be loaded instead of the intended system library. A local attacker who can convince a victim to run the installer from a directory containing the attacker-supplied DLL can achieve arbitrary code execution with administrator privileges.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.1 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2026-01-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://eu.crucial.com/support/storage-executive
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crucial-storage-executive-installer-dll-preloading-lpe

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