CVE-2025-27997

HIGHNVD 8.48.4—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

8.4

An issue in Blizzard Battle.net v2.40.0.15267 allows attackers to escalate privileges via placing a crafted shell script or executable into the C:\ProgramData directory.

CVSS v3: 8.4
EG Score: 8.4(medium)
EPSS: 29.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

May 21, 2025

Last Modified

June 3, 2025

References (1)

cve@mitrehttps://gist.github.com/sornram9254/4593dd5eb2bcca50d68dc6ac70e40b24

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 04:52 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-27997?

CVE-2025-27997 is a high vulnerability published on May 21, 2025. An issue in Blizzard Battle.net v2.40.0.15267 allows attackers to escalate privileges via placing a crafted shell script or executable into the C:\ProgramData directory.

When was CVE-2025-27997 disclosed?

CVE-2025-27997 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 21, 2025, with the most recent update on June 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-27997 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-27997 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 29.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-27997?

CVE-2025-27997 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-27997?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-27997, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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