CVE-2018-25041

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in uTorrent. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JSON RPC Server. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
unspecified	uTorrent	n/a

References

http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.htmlBroken Link
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.113804Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/Not Applicable
http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Moer0kae.htmlBroken Link
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.113804Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/Not Applicable

Timeline

Published: Jun 17, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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