CVE-2025-8087 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in AMD Power Design Manager could allow a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges during the uninstallation process, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00117.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-8016.html

History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in AMD Power Design Manager Uninstaller Enables Local Escalation

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A DLL hijacking vulnerability in AMD Power Design Manager could allow a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges during the uninstallation process, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Weaknesses		CWE-427
References		https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-8016.html
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMD

Published: 2026-08-11T17:09:08.423Z

Updated: 2026-08-12T13:14:37.439Z

Reserved: 2025-07-23T15:01:28.606Z

Link: CVE-2025-8087

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T13:14:33.923Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-11T17:17:44.463

Modified: 2026-08-12T20:50:58.370

Link: CVE-2025-8087

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T21:30:07Z

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