DLL Hijacking in EfficientLab Controlio Leads to Local Privilege Escalation

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-10549
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerSEC-VLab
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-23 07:16:39 UTC
Updated2026-05-19 15:35:04 UTC
DescriptionEfficientLab Controlio before v1.3.95 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability caused by weak folder permissions in the installation directory. A local attacker can place a specially crafted DLL in this directory and achieve arbitrary code execution with highest privileges, because the affected service runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.1 MEDIUM from ADP

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

EPSS: 0.000060000 probability, percentile 0.003000000 (date 2026-05-26)

Problem Types: CWE-427 | CWE-427 CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED5.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA EfficientLab LLC Controlio affected <1.3.95 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Apr/19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
r.sec-consult.com/controlio 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf r.sec-consult.com
kb.controlio.net/hc/en-us/articles/45777908471185-Client-Update-April-15-2026-... 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf kb.controlio.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Tobias Niemann, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab (en)

CNA: Daniel Hirschberger, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab (en)

CNA: Thorger Jansen, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab (en)

CNA: Marius Renner, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: The vendor provides a patch v1.3.95 which should be installed immediately.

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