High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-7360
CVE-2020-7360
Description
An Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in SmartControl version 4.3.15 and versions released before April 15, 2020 may allow an authenticated user to escalate privileges by placing a specially crafted DLL file in the search path. This issue was fixed in version 1.0.7, which was released after April 15, 2020. (Note, the version numbering system changed significantly between version 4.3.15 and version 1.0.7.)
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Affected products
2- Range: <=4.3.15, <1.0.7
- Philips/SmartControlv5Range: 4.3.15
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- blog.vonahi.io/when-the-path-to-system-is-wide-open/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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