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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-36415

CVE-2022-36415

Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the uninstaller in Scooter Beyond Compare 1.8a through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3 when installed via the EXE installer. The uninstaller attempts to load DLLs out of a Windows Temp folder. If a standard user places malicious DLLs in the C:\Windows\Temp\ folder, and then the uninstaller is run as SYSTEM, the DLLs will execute with elevated privileges.

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Affected products

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  • Scooter Software/Beyond Compare2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:scootersoftware:beyond_compare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:scootersoftware:beyond_compare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.8a,<4.4.3
    • (no CPE)range: <4.4.3
  • Scooter/Beyond Comparedescription

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