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CWE-426

709 CVEs • Abstraction: Base • Likelihood of Exploit: High

Untrusted Search Path

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

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CVEs (709)

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1Microsoft
1Visual Studio Code
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
1Microsoft
1Visual Studio Community
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Community allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
1Microsoft
1Skype
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
1Microsoft
1Skype
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
1Microsoft
1Onedrive
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Microsoft OneDrive allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
1Microsoft
1Onedrive
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft OneDrive allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
1Ntt East
2Flet's Virus Clear Easy Setup & Application Tool
Flet's Virus Clear V6 Easy Setup & Application Tool
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of FLET'S VIRUS CLEAR Easy Setup & Application Tool ver.13.0 and earlier versions and FLET'S VIRUS CLEAR v6 Easy Setup & Application Tool ver.13.0 and earlier versions...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of FLET'S VIRUS CLEAR Easy Setup & Application Tool ver.13.0 and earlier versions and FLET'S VIRUS CLEAR v6 Easy Setup & Application Tool ver.13.0 and earlier versions allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.Show less
1Ruby Ffi Project
1Ruby Ffi
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 22, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
ruby-ffi version 1.9.23 and earlier has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v1.9.24 and later.
1Mozilla
2Firefox
Thunderbird
Nov 25, 2025
Jun 11, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored in the same directory as the installer when it is run. This allows privileged execution if the installer is run with elevated privileges. No...Show more
The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored in the same directory as the installer when it is run. This allows privileged execution if the installer is run with elevated privileges. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.Show less
1Puppet
1Puppet
Jun 17, 2026
Jun 11, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
In Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, Facter on Windows is vulnerable to a DLL preloading attack, which could lead to a privilege escalation.
1Puppet
2Puppet
Puppet Enterprise
Jun 17, 2026
Jun 11, 2018
N/A· v4
8.8 HIGH· v3
6.5 MEDIUM· v2
Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Pupp...Show more
Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, were vulnerable to an attack where an unprivileged user on Windows agents could write custom facts that can escalate privileges on the next puppet run. This was possible through the loading of shared libraries from untrusted paths.Show less
1Displaylink
1Core Software Cleaner
Jun 17, 2026
Jun 5, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
An issue was discovered in DisplayLink Core Software Cleaner Application 8.2.1956. When the drivers are updated to a newer version, the product launches a process as SYSTEM to uninstall the old version: cl_1956.exe is ru...Show more
An issue was discovered in DisplayLink Core Software Cleaner Application 8.2.1956. When the drivers are updated to a newer version, the product launches a process as SYSTEM to uninstall the old version: cl_1956.exe is run as SYSTEM on the %systemroot%\Temp folder, where any user can write a DLL (e.g., version.dll) to perform DLL Hijacking and elevate privileges to SYSTEM.Show less
1Nch
1Axon Pbx
Nov 21, 2024
Jun 1, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
AXON PBX 2.02 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. The vulnerability exists because a DLL file is loaded by 'pbxsetup...Show more
AXON PBX 2.02 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. The vulnerability exists because a DLL file is loaded by 'pbxsetup.exe' improperly.Show less
1Citrix
1Xenmobile Server
Nov 21, 2024
May 23, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
There is an Insufficient Path Validation Vulnerability in Citrix XenMobile Server 10.8 before RP2 and 10.7 before RP3.
1Adobe
1Indesign
Nov 21, 2024
May 19, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Adobe InDesign versions 13.0 and below have an exploitable Untrusted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.
1Estsoft
1Alzip
Nov 21, 2024
May 17, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
4.6 MEDIUM· v2
ESTsoft ALZip before 10.76 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via creating a malicious .DLL file and installing it in a specific directory: %PROGRAMFILES%\ESTsoft\ALZip\Formats, %PROGRAMFILES%\ESTsoft\ALZip\Cod...Show more
ESTsoft ALZip before 10.76 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via creating a malicious .DLL file and installing it in a specific directory: %PROGRAMFILES%\ESTsoft\ALZip\Formats, %PROGRAMFILES%\ESTsoft\ALZip\Coders, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\ESTsoft\ALZip\Formats, or %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\ESTsoft\ALZip\Coders.Show less
1Celsys
3Clip Studio Action
Clip Studio ModelerClip Studio Paint
Nov 21, 2024
May 14, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in CELSYS, Inc CLIP STUDIO series (CLIP STUDIO PAINT (for Windows) EX/PRO/DEBUT Ver.1.7.3 and earlier, CLIP STUDIO ACTION (for Windows) Ver.1.5.5 and earlier, with its timestamp prior...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in CELSYS, Inc CLIP STUDIO series (CLIP STUDIO PAINT (for Windows) EX/PRO/DEBUT Ver.1.7.3 and earlier, CLIP STUDIO ACTION (for Windows) Ver.1.5.5 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to April 25, 2018, 12:11:31, and CLIP STUDIO MODELER (for Windows) Ver.1.6.3 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to April 25, 2018, 17:02:49) allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.Show less
1Dell
1Precision Optimizer
Nov 21, 2024
Apr 24, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
An exploitable dll hijacking vulnerability exists in the poaService.exe service component of the Dell Precision Optimizer software version 3.5.5.0. A specifically named malicious dll file located in one of directories po...Show more
An exploitable dll hijacking vulnerability exists in the poaService.exe service component of the Dell Precision Optimizer software version 3.5.5.0. A specifically named malicious dll file located in one of directories pointed to by the PATH environment variable will lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with local access to vulnerable system can exploit this vulnerability.Show less
1Kaspersky
1Password Manager
Jun 17, 2026
Apr 19, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.8 MEDIUM· v2
Unauthorized code execution from specific DLL and is known as DLL Hijacking attack in Kaspersky Password Manager versions before 8.0.6.538.
1Coderium
1Soundengine
Nov 21, 2024
Apr 16, 2018
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of SoundEngine Free ver.5.21 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.