VYPR

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

BaseDraft

Description

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-38 · CAPEC-471

CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,235)

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  • CVE-2026-38972HigJul 2, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Notepad3 through 6.25.822.1 contains a DLL search-order hijacking vulnerability in the About-dialog code path in src/Notepad3.c. The application calls LoadLibrary(L"MSFTEDIT.DLL") with a bare DLL name, which allows a local attacker to place a malicious MSFTEDIT.DLL in the…

  • CVE-2026-23741NonFeb 6, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss 0.0epss 0.00

    Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2, the asterisk/contrib/scripts/ast_coredumper runs as root, as noted by the NOTES tag on line 689 of the ast_coredumper file. The script…

  • CVE-2026-23740NonFeb 6, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss 0.0epss 0.00

    Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2, when ast_coredumper writes its gdb init and output files to a directory that is world-writable (for example /tmp), an attacker with write…

  • CVE-2025-66476HigDec 2, 2025
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1947, an uncontrolled search path vulnerability on Windows allows Vim to execute malicious executables placed in the current working directory for the current edited file. On Windows, when using cmd.exe as a…

  • CVE-2025-62185MedOct 7, 2025
    risk 0.00cvss 6.7epss 0.00

    In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5, a crafted shared deck can place a YouTube downloader executable in the media folder, and this is executed for a YouTube link in the deck. The executable name could be youtube-dl.exe or yt-dlp.exe or yt-dlp_x86.exe.

  • CVE-2025-10198HigSep 9, 2025
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Sunshine for Windows, version v2025.122.141614, contains a DLL search-order hijacking vulnerability, allowing attackers to insert a malicious DLL in user-writeable PATH directories.

  • CVE-2025-35471HigMay 13, 2025
    risk 0.00cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    conda-forge openssl-feedstock before 066e83c (2024-05-20), on Microsoft Windows, configures OpenSSL to use an OPENSSLDIR file path that can be written to by non-privilged local users. By writing a specially crafted openssl.cnf file in OPENSSLDIR, a non-privileged local user can…

  • CVE-2024-41817HigJul 29, 2024
    risk 0.00cvss 7.0epss 0.01

    ImageMagick is a free and open-source software suite, used for editing and manipulating digital images. The `AppImage` version `ImageMagick` might use an empty path when setting `MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH` and `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variables while executing, which might lead…

  • CVE-2023-26266HigFeb 21, 2023
    risk 0.00cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    In AFL++ 4.05c, the CmpLog component uses the current working directory to resolve and execute unprefixed fuzzing targets, allowing code execution.

  • CVE-2022-46330HigDec 21, 2022
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows 2.0.1 and earlier contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading…

  • CVE-2022-32168HigSep 28, 2022
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.01

    Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.

  • CVE-2017-20051Jun 16, 2022
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01

    Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: The sole source documents PE-format conformance defects in innosetup-5.5.9.exe…

  • CVE-2022-20001HigMar 14, 2022
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.01

    fish is a command line shell. fish version 3.1.0 through version 3.3.1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that change the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using the default configuration…

  • CVE-2005-1632May 17, 2005
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/.

  • CVE-2005-0457May 2, 2005
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Opera 7.54 and earlier on Gentoo Linux uses an insecure path for plugins, which could allow local users to gain privileges by inserting malicious libraries into the PORTAGE_TMPDIR (portage) temporary directory.