CVE-2022-32168 (GCVE-0-2022-32168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-28 09:00
Modified
2025-05-21 14:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
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++.
References
vulnerabilitylab@mend.iohttps://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051ePatch, Third Party Advisory
vulnerabilitylab@mend.iohttps://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051ePatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
notepad-plus-plus notepad-plus-plus Version: v8.3   < unspecified
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