CVE-2018-20211

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…

published January 2, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
71.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01378 · 71.9th percentile
Published
2019-01-02T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JAN 18:00Z
    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…
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