CVE-2025-10539 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Due to improper TLS certificate validation in the DeskTime Time Tracking App before version 1.3.674, attackers who can position themselves in the network path between the client and the DeskTime update servers can return a malicious executable in response to an update request. This allows the attacker to achieve user-level remote code execution on the affected client.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00016.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://desktime.com/download
https://r.sec-consult.com/desktime

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Due to improper TLS certificate validation in the DeskTime Time Tracking App before version 1.3.674, attackers who can position themselves in the network path between the client and the DeskTime update servers can return a malicious executable in response to an update request. This allows the attacker to achieve user-level remote code execution on the affected client.
Title		Improper TLS Certificate Validation RCE via Malicious Update in DeskTime Time Tracking App
Weaknesses		CWE-295 CWE-296 CWE-494
References		https://desktime.com/download https://r.sec-consult.com/desktime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SEC-VLab

Published: 2026-04-28T07:52:23.279Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T14:10:50.831Z

Reserved: 2025-09-16T07:39:47.680Z

Link: CVE-2025-10539

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T14:09:38.312Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-28T09:16:16.187

Modified: 2026-04-28T09:16:16.187

Link: CVE-2025-10539

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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