Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 2, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-20211
CVE-2018-20211
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).
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- packetstormsecurity.com/files/150892/Exiftool-8.3.2.0-DLL-Hijacking.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/44mitremailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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