{"id":28697,"date":"2025-04-22T00:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T00:38:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-24T05:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:19:09","slug":"cve-2025-27813-missing-pe-signature-validation-in-msi-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27813-missing-pe-signature-validation-in-msi-center\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-27813: Missing PE Signature Validation in MSI Center<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-27813 is a significant vulnerability discovered in MSI Center before version 2.0.52.0. This vulnerability, characterized by the missing PE (Portable Executable) Signature Validation, can lead to potential system compromise and data leakage. The flaw primarily affects users of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40566-severe-user-session-vulnerability-in-simatic-pcs-neo-products\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"48879\">MSI<\/a> Center software and is of notable concern due to its high severity rating of 8.1 on the CVSS scale. It is crucial for users and organizations using affected versions to understand and mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-37297-vulnerability-in-ami-s-spx-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33437\">vulnerability to protect their systems<\/a> and data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-27813<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.1 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50350-broken-cryptographic-algorithm-leads-to-potential-data-leakage-in-hcl-dryice-myxalytics\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33686\">Potential system compromise and data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3327031136\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>MSI Center | Before 2.0.52.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability arises from the lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-52307-high-severity-stack-overflow-vulnerability-in-paddlepaddle-prior-to-version-2-6-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33962\">PE Signature Validation in MSI<\/a> Center before version 2.0.52.0. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to deliver a malicious payload through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32614-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-ashan-perera-eventon\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33057\">MSI Center software by masking it as a legitimate PE<\/a> file. Without proper validation, the system cannot differentiate between legitimate and malicious files, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23391-incorrect-privilege-assignment-in-suse-rancher-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33077\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1590013826\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example demonstrating how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50123-exploitable-vulnerability-in-hozard-alarm-system-sms-authentication\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35849\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a> using a malicious payload:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Attacker crafts a malicious PE file\necho &#039;...malicious code...&#039; &gt; malicious.pe\n# Attacker transfers the malicious PE file to the target system\nscp malicious.pe user@target:\/path\/to\/MSI_Center\n# Attacker tricks the user into executing the malicious PE file within the MSI Center context\necho &#039;Please run this important update: \/path\/to\/MSI_Center\/malicious.pe&#039; | mail -s &#039;Important Update&#039; user@target<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above conceptual example, the attacker first crafts a malicious PE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2007-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion-and-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34634\">file and transfers it to the target system<\/a>. They then trick the user into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-48243-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-allowing-unauthorized-file-upload\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34137\">executing the malicious file<\/a> within the MSI Center context. If successful, this exploit could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0213-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ta-for-linux-and-macos-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33904\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to update their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2563-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-user-registration-membership-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35848\">MSI<\/a> Center software to version 2.0.52.0 or later to address this vulnerability. For temporary mitigation, using Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) can help detect and prevent potential exploits. However, these are not full-proof solutions, and updating the software remains the most effective mitigation method.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-27813 is a significant vulnerability discovered in MSI Center before version 2.0.52.0. This vulnerability, characterized by the missing PE (Portable Executable) Signature Validation, can lead to potential system compromise and data leakage. The flaw primarily affects users of the MSI Center software and is of notable concern due to its high severity rating of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-28697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28697"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43560,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28697\/revisions\/43560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=28697"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=28697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}