#VU112017 Untrusted search path in snowflake-jdbc - CVE-2025-24789
Published: June 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112017
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24789
CWE-ID: CWE-426
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
snowflake-jdbc
snowflake-jdbc
Software vendor:
Snowflake Computing (snowflakedb)
Snowflake Computing (snowflakedb)
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of an untrusted search path. A local user with write access to a directory in the %PATH% can escalate their privileges to the user that runs the vulnerable JDBC Driver version, when EXTERNALBROWSER authentication method is used on Windows.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.