CVE-2025-0332
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in Progress Telerik UI for WinForms allows attackers to perform path traversal attacks during archive decompression, potentially writing files to restricted directories. It affects applications using Telerik UI for WinForms versions before 2025 Q1. Developers and organizations using these vulnerable components are at risk.
💻 Affected Systems
- Progress Telerik UI for WinForms
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Remote code execution by writing malicious files to system directories, leading to complete system compromise.
Likely Case
Arbitrary file write to sensitive locations, potentially enabling privilege escalation or data manipulation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper file system permissions and input validation in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires specific conditions where archive decompression functionality is exposed and user input can be manipulated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2025 Q1 (2025.1.211) or later
Vendor Advisory: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/knowledge-base/kb-security-path-traversal-cve-2025-0332
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update Telerik UI for WinForms to version 2025.1.211 or later. 2. Rebuild and redeploy affected applications. 3. Test functionality to ensure compatibility.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allImplement strict input validation for archive file paths and decompression targets
File System Permissions Restriction
WindowsLimit write permissions to directories where archive decompression occurs
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or restrict archive decompression functionality in vulnerable applications
- Implement network segmentation to isolate vulnerable systems from critical assets
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check application dependencies for Telerik UI for WinForms versions below 2025.1.211Check Version:
Check project references or package manager for Telerik.WinControls versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify Telerik UI for WinForms version is 2025.1.211 or higher in application dependencies📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual file write operations to system directories
- Archive decompression attempts with suspicious paths
Network Indicators:
- Unusual archive file uploads to affected applications
SIEM Query:
EventID: 4663 OR EventID: 4656 WHERE ObjectName contains 'system32' OR 'program files' AND ProcessName contains application name