CVE-2018-20211 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

Published: 2019-01-02

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:exiftool_project:exiftool:8.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12778	ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00202.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150892/Exiftool-8.3.2.0-DLL-Hijacking.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/44

History

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Subscriptions

Exiftool Project Exiftool

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-01-02T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:58:18.621Z

Reserved: 2018-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20211

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-02T18:29:01.373

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:01:05.517

Link: CVE-2018-20211

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-427

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