Blizzard Battle.Net profapi.dll uncontrolled search path
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Blizzard Battle.Net up to 2.39.0.15212 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The vendor assigns this issue a low risk level.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1804
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6q3q-6x5m-34q7
References
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More Blizzard vulnerabilities
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- TI-2025-20667 An issue in Blizzard Battle.net v2.40.0.15267 allows attackers to escalate privileges via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2020-16649 Battle.net.exe in Battle.Net 1.27.1.12428 suffers from an elevation of privileges… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources
- CVE-2025-1804 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-1804 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6q3q-6x5m-34q7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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