CVE-2025-52541
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DLL Hijacking in Vivado Enables Local Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-52541, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-02-11

Last updated on: 2026-02-11

Assigner: Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Vivado could allow a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

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Published
2026-02-11
Last Modified
2026-02-11
Generated
2026-07-26
AI Q&A
2026-02-11
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-25
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amd vivado *

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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 is a DLL hijacking issue in Vivado software. It allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges on the affected system. By exploiting this, the attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions.

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Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation, meaning an attacker with limited access could gain higher-level permissions. This could result in arbitrary code execution, compromising the security and integrity of your system.

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