{"id":85418,"date":"2025-11-02T08:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:51:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T23:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T05:12:19","slug":"cve-2025-41701-command-injection-vulnerability-in-engineering-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41701-command-injection-vulnerability-in-engineering-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-41701: Command Injection Vulnerability in Engineering Tools<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-41701 is a critical vulnerability that affects various engineering tools. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick a local user into executing arbitrary commands by manipulating a project file, which could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage. This vulnerability is of high concern due to the high level of access it could potentially provide to an attacker, and the potential damage it could cause if exploited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-41701<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise, potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2129678097\" 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>Engineering Tool 1 | All versions prior to 3.1.2<br \/>\nEngineering Tool 2 | All versions prior to 2.5.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An attacker exploiting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6746-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-woodmart-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92205\">vulnerability would create a manipulated project file<\/a> containing malicious commands to be executed. The attacker then tricks a local user into opening this file with the affected engineering tool. When the manipulated project file is opened, the arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52904-command-execution-vulnerability-in-file-browser-version-2-32-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92209\">commands are executed<\/a> in the user context, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-485698817\" 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 of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a pseudocode representation of the malicious payload embedded in the manipulated project file:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Malicious payload\nmalicious_command = &quot;rm -rf \/&quot; # This is a destructive command that deletes all files in the system.\n# Embed the malicious command in the project file\nproject_file = {\n&quot;name&quot;: &quot;legitimate_project&quot;,\n&quot;commands&quot;: [malicious_command]\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52903-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-file-browser\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92298\">file contains a destructive command<\/a> (`rm -rf \/`) disguised as a legitimate command. When a victim user opens this project file with the affected engineering tool, the malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41656-unauthenticated-remote-command-execution-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92285\">command is executed<\/a>, potentially causing catastrophic damage to the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-41701 is a critical vulnerability that affects various engineering tools. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick a local user into executing arbitrary commands by manipulating a project file, which could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage. 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