BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-10-07

Last updated on: 2025-10-10

Assigner: MITRE

Description

In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5, a crafted shared deck can place a YouTube downloader executable in the media folder, and this is executed for a YouTube link in the deck. The executable name could be youtube-dl.exe or yt-dlp.exe or yt-dlp_x86.exe.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-07

Last Modified

2025-10-10

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-07

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-62185

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
ankitects	anki	to 25.02.5 (exc)

Helpful Resources

Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-427	The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Ankitects Anki before version 25.02.5 allows a crafted shared deck to place a YouTube downloader executable (such as youtube-dl.exe, yt-dlp.exe, or yt-dlp_x86.exe) into the media folder. This executable is then run when a YouTube link in the deck is accessed.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to unauthorized execution of a potentially malicious YouTube downloader executable on your system, which could compromise confidentiality and integrity of your data, as indicated by the high impact on confidentiality and integrity in the CVSS score.

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