CVE-2025-69689

Published: Apr 27, 2026Modified: Apr 27, 2026

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

The Fan Control application V251 contains an improper privilege handling vulnerability in its Open File Dialog. The dialog processes user-supplied paths with elevated permissions, which can be exploited by a local attacker to perform actions with administrator-level privileges.

Related CWEs

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References (4)

https://getfancontrol.com

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://gist.github.com/ahrixia/7c89bb3f1af6e85aeedde5ddb557a529

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases/tag/V251

Source: cve@mitre.org

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