CVE-2025-48503: AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Renoir") · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Affects AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Renoir")Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Feb 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Renoir") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Rembrandt R") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Picasso") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Phoenix") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Mendocino") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dragon Range") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Raphael"/"Raphael X3D") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7030 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Barcelo R") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Strix Point") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Raphael"/"Raphael-X3D") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Phoenix") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Granite Ridge") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Cezanne") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Lucienne") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Barcelo") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Renoir") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Cezanne") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Hawk Point") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dali") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dali") | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDPlaceholder | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 9000 Series Graphics Products | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2025-48503, organizations should: 1) Monitor AMD's official channels for patches or updated software installers addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. 2) Restrict local user permissions to the minimum necessary to reduce the risk of local privilege escalation. 3) Implement application whitelisting and code integrity policies to prevent unauthorized DLLs from loading during installation processes. 4) Use endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools to monitor for suspicious DLL loading behaviors and privilege escalation attempts. 5) Educate users about the risks of executing untrusted software and maintaining strict control over local administrative privileges. 6) Employ system hardening techniques such as enabling Windows Defender Exploit Guard or similar OS-level protections that can mitigate DLL hijacking attacks. 7) Conduct regular audits of software installation paths and environment variables to ensure no unauthorized directories are included in DLL search paths. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on controlling the DLL search environment and minimizing local privilege exposure.
Description
A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the AMD Software Installer could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.