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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
AMD AMD Power Design Manager (PDM) Software Un-Installer affected
Version Status Constraints
2026.1 unaffected —

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

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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

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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
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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMD

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2025-8087

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

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

Link: CVE-2025-8087

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

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