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CWE-426

655 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 (655)

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1Microsoft
10Windows 7
Windows 8Windows 8.1+7 more
May 6, 2026
Apr 8, 2014
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse cmd.exe file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .bat or .cmd file, aka "Windows File Handling Vulnerability."Show less
1Datev
1Grundpaket Basis
Apr 29, 2026
Sep 7, 2012
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the DMTGUI2.EXE and DvInesLogFileViewer.Exe components in DATEV Grundpaket Basis CD23.20 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) DVBSKNLANG101.dll or...Show more
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the DMTGUI2.EXE and DvInesLogFileViewer.Exe components in DATEV Grundpaket Basis CD23.20 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) DVBSKNLANG101.dll or (2) DvZediTermSrvInfo004.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .dmt, .adl, .c02, .dof, or .jrf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.Show less
1Pthread Win32 Project
1Pthreads Win32
Apr 29, 2026
Sep 7, 2012
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll in Pthreads-win32 2.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse quserex.dll file in the current worki...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll in Pthreads-win32 2.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse quserex.dll file in the current working directory. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.Show less
1Microsoft
3Office
Visual Basic For ApplicationsVisual Basic For Applications Sdk
Apr 22, 2026
Jul 10, 2012
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in VBE6.dll in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); and Summit Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications SDK...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in VBE6.dll in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); and Summit Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications SDK allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in July 2012.Show less
3Adobe
OpensuseSuse
4Air
Flash PlayerLinux Enterprise Desktop+1 more
Apr 29, 2026
Jun 9, 2012
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.11...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory.Show less
1Microsoft
1Internet Explorer
Apr 29, 2026
Dec 14, 2011
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working dir...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains an HTML file, aka "Internet Explorer Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."Show less
1Google
1Chrome
Apr 29, 2026
Oct 28, 2011
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.1 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Google Chrome before 17 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Google Chrome before 17 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory. NOTE: the vendor's response was "Strange behavior, but we're not treating this as a security bug."Show less
1Foxitsoftware
1Foxit Reader
Apr 29, 2026
Sep 27, 2011
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Foxit Reader before 5.0.2.0718 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll, dwrite.dll, or msdrm.dll in the current working directory.
1Gnome
1Gtk
Apr 29, 2026
Sep 6, 2011
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c in GTK+ before 2.24.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse uxtheme.dll file in the current working directory, a different v...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c in GTK+ before 2.24.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse uxtheme.dll file in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4831.Show less
1Gnome
1Gtk
Apr 29, 2026
Sep 6, 2011
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in gdk/win32/gdkinput-win32.c in GTK+ before 2.21.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Wintab32.dll file in the current working directory.
1Ponsoftware
1Explzh
Apr 29, 2026
Oct 25, 2010
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Explzh 5.67 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the current working directory.
2Apple
Microsoft
4Itunes
Visual C#Visual Studio+1 more
May 28, 2026
Aug 31, 2010
N/A· v4
7.8 HIGH· v3
9.3 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1; Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010; Visual C++ 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010; and Excha...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1; Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010; Visual C++ 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010; and Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3, 2013, and 2013 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory during execution of an MFC application such as AtlTraceTool8.exe (aka ATL MFC Trace Tool), as demonstrated by a directory that contains a TRC, cur, rs, rct, or res file, aka "MFC Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."Show less
2Fedoraproject
Gnome
2Fedora
Libpeas
Apr 23, 2026
Jan 28, 2009
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetA...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).Show less
3Canonical
FedoraprojectPython
3Fedora
PythonUbuntu Linux
Apr 23, 2026
Jan 28, 2009
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separat...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory.Show less
1Actian
1Ingres
Apr 23, 2026
Aug 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.2 HIGH· v2
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ingvalidpw in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared libr...Show more
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ingvalidpw in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library, related to a "pointer overwrite vulnerability."Show less