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CWE-428

Unquoted Search Path or Element

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Description

The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.

If a malicious individual has access to the file system, it is possible to elevate privileges by inserting such a file as "C:\Program.exe" to be run by a privileged program making use of WinExec.

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CVEs mapped to this weakness (454)

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  • CVE-2022-0237MedMar 17, 2022
    risk 0.26cvss 4.0epss 0.00

    Rapid7 Insight Agent versions 3.1.2.38 and earlier suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability, whereby an attacker can hijack the flow of execution due to an unquoted argument to the runas.exe command used by the ir_agent.exe component, resulting in elevated rights and…

  • CVE-2022-1697LowSep 6, 2022
    risk 0.25cvss 3.9epss 0.00

    Okta Active Directory Agent versions 3.8.0 through 3.11.0 installed the Okta AD Agent Update Service using an unquoted path. Note: To remediate this vulnerability, you must uninstall Okta Active Directory Agent and reinstall Okta Active Directory Agent 3.12.0 or greater per the…

  • CVE-2023-7043LowJan 31, 2024
    risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00

    Unquoted service path in ESET products allows to drop a prepared program to a specific location and run on boot with the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService permissions.

  • CVE-2026-34768LowApr 4, 2026
    risk 0.18cvss 3.9epss 0.00

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on Windows, app.setLoginItemSettings({openAtLogin: true}) wrote the executable path to the Run registry key…

  • CVE-2023-38408CriJul 20, 2023
    risk 0.06cvss 9.8epss 0.80

    The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this…

  • CVE-2020-15261HigOct 19, 2020
    risk 0.04cvss 8.0epss 0.11

    On Windows the Veyon Service before version 4.4.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability, allowing locally authenticated users with administrative privileges to run malicious executables with LocalSystem privileges. Since Veyon users (both students and teachers) usually…

  • CVE-2026-66839MedAug 5, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss 6.7epss 0.00

    NetKids iMark, provided by Integrated Systems Technologies, Inc., contains an Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability (CWE-428). An authenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

  • CVE-2026-18755HigAug 4, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    A DLL hijacking vulnerability in GeoVision GV-ASManager allows a local attacker with write access to an unsafe search directory to execute arbitrary code. By placing a crafted dynamic-link library (DLL) file into the application search path prior to the legitimate library, the…

  • CVE-2026-8864HigJun 30, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss epss 0.00

    The HP Fan Control App might allow local escalation of privileges. An updated version of HP Fan Control App has been released to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

  • CVE-2025-54081MedSep 23, 2025
    risk 0.00cvss 6.7epss 0.00

    Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Prior to version 2025.923.33222, the Windows service SunshineService is installed with an unquoted executable path. If Sunshine is installed in a directory whose name includes a space, the Service Control Manager (SCM)…

  • CVE-2024-9287HigOct 22, 2024
    risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.01

    A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This…

  • CVE-2024-31226MedMay 16, 2024
    risk 0.00cvss 4.9epss 0.00

    Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Users who ran Sunshine versions 0.17.0 through 0.22.2 as a service on Windows may be impacted when terminating the service if an attacked placed a file named `C:\Program.exe`, `C:\Program.bat`, or `C:\Program.cmd` on the…

  • CVE-2021-21292MedFeb 2, 2021
    risk 0.00cvss 5.5epss 0.00

    Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. In Traccar before version 4.12 there is an unquoted Windows binary path vulnerability. Only Windows versions are impacted. Attacker needs write access to the filesystem on the host machine. If Java path includes a space, then…

  • CVE-2015-4173Aug 26, 2015
    risk 0.00cvss epss 0.02

    Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the autorun value in Dell SonicWall NetExtender before 7.5.227 and 8.0.x before 8.0.238, as used in the SRA firmware before 7.5.1.2-40sv and 8.x before 8.0.0.3-23sv, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in…