CWE-426
Untrusted Search Path
Description
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.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-38
CVEs mapped to this weakness (672)
page 3 of 34| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2026-21333 | Hig | 0.56 | 8.6 | 0.00 | Mar 10, 2026 | Illustrator versions 29.8.4, 30.1 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a… | ||
| CVE-2026-21280 | Hig | 0.56 | 8.6 | 0.00 | Jan 13, 2026 | Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker… | ||
| CVE-2023-26358 | Hig | 0.56 | 8.6 | 0.00 | Mar 22, 2023 | Creative Cloud version 5.9.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the application uses a search path to locate… | ||
| CVE-2016-0016 | Hig | 0.56 | 7.8 | 0.30 | Jan 13, 2016 | Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandle DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted… | ||
| CVE-2025-0141 | Hig | 0.55 | — | 0.00 | Jul 9, 2025 | An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. The GlobalProtect app on iOS,… | ||
| CVE-2024-48123 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jan 15, 2025 | An issue in the USB Autorun function of HI-SCAN 6040i Hitrax HX-03-19-I allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted script from a USB device. | ||
| CVE-2023-36538 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jul 11, 2023 | Improper access control in Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access. | ||
| CVE-2018-1802 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Nov 9, 2018 | IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege user full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID:… | ||
| CVE-2018-1487 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jul 10, 2018 | IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5 and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege users full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID:… | ||
| CVE-2018-12589 | Hig | 0.55 | 7.8 | 0.20 | Jun 28, 2018 | Polaris Office 2017 8.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse puiframeworkproresenu.dll file in the current working directory. | ||
| CVE-2017-2214 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.02 | Jun 9, 2017 | Untrusted search path vulnerability in AppCheck and AppCheck Pro prior to version 2.0.1.15 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory. | ||
| CVE-2016-5330 | Hig | 0.55 | 7.8 | 0.18 | Aug 8, 2016 | Untrusted search path vulnerability in the HGFS (aka Shared Folders) feature in VMware Tools 10.0.5 in VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0, VMware Workstation Pro 12.1.x before 12.1.1, VMware Workstation Player 12.1.x before 12.1.1, and VMware Fusion 8.1.x before 8.1.1 allows local… | ||
| CVE-2019-11660 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.08 | Sep 13, 2019 | Privileges manipulation in Micro Focus Data Protector, versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40. This vulnerability could be exploited by a low-privileged user to execute a custom binary with higher privileges. | ||
| CVE-2018-16156 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.03 | May 17, 2019 | In PaperStream IP (TWAIN) 1.42.0.5685 (Service Update 7), the FJTWSVIC service running with SYSTEM privilege processes unauthenticated messages received over the FjtwMkic_Fjicube_32 named pipe. One of these message processing functions attempts to dynamically load the… | ||
| CVE-2018-18629 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Dec 20, 2018 | An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary. | ||
| CVE-2018-17980 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.05 | Oct 15, 2018 | NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan… | ||
| CVE-2014-8358 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.05 | Dec 11, 2017 | Huawei EC156, EC176, and EC177 USB Modem products with software before UTPS-V200R003B015D02SP07C1014 (23.015.02.07.1014) and before V200R003B015D02SP08C1014 (23.015.02.08.1014) use a weak ACL for the "Mobile Partner" directory, which allows remote attackers to gain SYSTEM… | ||
| CVE-2017-7642 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Aug 2, 2017 | The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable. | ||
| CVE-2024-58250 | Cri | 0.53 | 9.3 | 0.00 | Apr 22, 2025 | The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges. | ||
| CVE-2024-32019 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.8 | 0.01 | Apr 12, 2024 | Netdata is an open source observability tool. In affected versions the `ndsudo` tool shipped with affected versions of the Netdata Agent allows an attacker to run arbitrary programs with root permissions. The `ndsudo` tool is packaged as a `root`-owned executable with the SUID… |
- risk 0.56cvss 8.6epss 0.00
Illustrator versions 29.8.4, 30.1 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a…
- risk 0.56cvss 8.6epss 0.00
Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker…
- risk 0.56cvss 8.6epss 0.00
Creative Cloud version 5.9.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the application uses a search path to locate…
- risk 0.56cvss 7.8epss 0.30
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandle DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted…
- risk 0.55cvss —epss 0.00
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. The GlobalProtect app on iOS,…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
An issue in the USB Autorun function of HI-SCAN 6040i Hitrax HX-03-19-I allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted script from a USB device.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
Improper access control in Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege user full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID:…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5 and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege users full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID:…
- risk 0.55cvss 7.8epss 0.20
Polaris Office 2017 8.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse puiframeworkproresenu.dll file in the current working directory.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.02
Untrusted search path vulnerability in AppCheck and AppCheck Pro prior to version 2.0.1.15 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory.
- risk 0.55cvss 7.8epss 0.18
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the HGFS (aka Shared Folders) feature in VMware Tools 10.0.5 in VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0, VMware Workstation Pro 12.1.x before 12.1.1, VMware Workstation Player 12.1.x before 12.1.1, and VMware Fusion 8.1.x before 8.1.1 allows local…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.08
Privileges manipulation in Micro Focus Data Protector, versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40. This vulnerability could be exploited by a low-privileged user to execute a custom binary with higher privileges.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.03
In PaperStream IP (TWAIN) 1.42.0.5685 (Service Update 7), the FJTWSVIC service running with SYSTEM privilege processes unauthenticated messages received over the FjtwMkic_Fjicube_32 named pipe. One of these message processing functions attempts to dynamically load the…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.05
NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.05
Huawei EC156, EC176, and EC177 USB Modem products with software before UTPS-V200R003B015D02SP07C1014 (23.015.02.07.1014) and before V200R003B015D02SP08C1014 (23.015.02.08.1014) use a weak ACL for the "Mobile Partner" directory, which allows remote attackers to gain SYSTEM…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.01
The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable.
- risk 0.53cvss 9.3epss 0.00
The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.8epss 0.01
Netdata is an open source observability tool. In affected versions the `ndsudo` tool shipped with affected versions of the Netdata Agent allows an attacker to run arbitrary programs with root permissions. The `ndsudo` tool is packaged as a `root`-owned executable with the SUID…