NVD - CVE-2025-56383

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CVE Modified by MITRE 11/19/2025 10:15:48 AM

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Added Reference
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-detect-notepad-vulnerability
Added Reference
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/01/2025 10:15:40 AM

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Added Tag
disputed
Changed Description
Notepad++ v8.8.3 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can replace the original DLL file to execute malicious code.
Notepad++ v8.8.3 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can replace the original DLL file to execute malicious code. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because the behavior only occurs when a user installs the product into a directory tree that allows write access by arbitrary unprivileged users.
Added Reference
https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept/issues/1

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 9/29/2025 4:15:33 PM

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Added CWE
CWE-427

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 9/29/2025 10:16:45 AM

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Added CVSS V3.1
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Removed CVSS V3.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Removed CWE
CWE-77

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 9/26/2025 5:15:36 PM

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Added CVSS V3.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Added CWE
CWE-77

New CVE Received from MITRE 9/26/2025 2:15:36 PM

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Added Description
Notepad++ v8.8.3 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can replace the original DLL file to execute malicious code.
Added Reference
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Added Reference
https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept