Description

Client RCE on macOS and Linux via improper symbolic link resolution in Google Web Designer's preview feature

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1079

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Google

Product: Web Designer

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 0.47% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-10 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: poc

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1079
https://balintmagyar.com/articles/google-web-designer-symlink-client-side-rce-cve-2025-1079

Timeline