High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-0598

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Windows2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Microsoft/Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windowsv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72748502/index.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/nvdBroken Link
msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2018/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/nvd

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