CVE-2018-20211 ā Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Project Exiftool
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 2
Latest updateMay 14
Description
ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9