CVE-2022-32168 - OpenCVE

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++.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Notepad-plus-plus	Notepad\+\+

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051e
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168

History

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking	notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2022-09-28T09:00:15.327621Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:23:31.618Z

Reserved: 2022-05-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-32168

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-28T09:15:09.520

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:47:44.277

Link: CVE-2022-32168

Redhat

No data.

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