CWE-426
Allowed-with-ReviewUntrusted Search Path
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.
894 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-8FVV-8WJ5-524P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:12 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:12ActiveSetupN.exe in Amazon Audible for Windows before November 2017 allows attackers to execute arbitrary DLL code if ActiveSetupN.exe is launched from a directory where an attacker has already created a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file.
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"nvd_published_at": "2017-12-06T05:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "ActiveSetupN.exe in Amazon Audible for Windows before November 2017 allows attackers to execute arbitrary DLL code if ActiveSetupN.exe is launched from a directory where an attacker has already created a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file.",
"id": "GHSA-8fvv-8wj5-524p",
"modified": "2022-05-17T00:12:26Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:12:26Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17069"
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"url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145202/Amazon-Audible-DLL-Hijacking.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://twitter.com/LionHeartRoxx/status/936338288314540032"
},
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102044"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-8G4W-RW5P-GG3R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-04 15:30 – Updated: 2023-04-11 21:31An issue found in Wondershare Technology Co.,Ltd Creative Centerr v.1.0.8 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the wondershareCC_setup_full10819.exe file.
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"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An issue found in Wondershare Technology Co.,Ltd Creative Centerr v.1.0.8 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the wondershareCC_setup_full10819.exe file.",
"id": "GHSA-8g4w-rw5p-gg3r",
"modified": "2023-04-11T21:31:09Z",
"published": "2023-04-04T15:30:25Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27771"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/liong007/Wondershare/issues/13"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-8GJP-4C89-5FF3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-17 00:31 – Updated: 2024-08-17 00:31** DISPUTED ** A vulnerability has been found in Scooter Software Beyond Compare up to 3.3.5.15075 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library 7zxa.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. NOTE: The vendor explains that a system must be breached before exploiting this issue.
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"id": "GHSA-8gjp-4c89-5ff3",
"modified": "2024-08-17T00:31:03Z",
"published": "2024-08-17T00:31:03Z",
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.274873"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.274873"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.383468"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-8JX3-CX25-4J8F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-16 15:30 – Updated: 2025-02-16 15:30A vulnerability was found in Kong Insomnia up to 10.3.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in Kong Insomnia up to 10.3.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-8jx3-cx25-4j8f",
"modified": "2025-02-16T15:30:49Z",
"published": "2025-02-16T15:30:49Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1353"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295961"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.295961"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.496010"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-8MM9-C4MG-VFJH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-16 21:32 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-16T20:15:22Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
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"details": "Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).",
"id": "GHSA-8mm9-c4mg-vfjh",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:54Z",
"published": "2025-05-16T21:32:12Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4802"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00033.html"
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"url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32976"
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"url": "https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=1e18586c5820e329f741d5c710275e165581380e"
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"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/16/7"
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"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/17/2"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-8P5G-M3JC-HR6Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-15 00:31 – Updated: 2023-11-15 00:31Untrusted search path in Zoom Rooms Client for Windows and Zoom VDI Client may allow a privileged user to conduct a denial of service via local access.
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"CVE-2023-39202"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-14T23:15:08Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "Untrusted search path in Zoom Rooms Client for Windows and Zoom VDI Client may allow a privileged user to conduct a denial of service via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-8p5g-m3jc-hr6q",
"modified": "2023-11-15T00:31:07Z",
"published": "2023-11-15T00:31:07Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39202"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-8P9H-VVGJ-VX29
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:59 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:34A DLL side loading vulnerability in the Windows Service in TeamViewer versions up to 11.0.133222 (fixed in 11.0.214397), 12.0.181268 (fixed in 12.0.214399), 13.2.36215 (fixed in 13.2.36216), and 14.6.4835 (fixed in 14.7.1965) on Windows could allow an attacker to perform code execution on a target system via a service restart where the DLL was previously installed with administrative privileges. Exploitation requires that an attacker be able to create a new file in the TeamViewer application directory; directory permissions restrict that by default.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-18196"
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"nvd_published_at": "2019-10-24T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A DLL side loading vulnerability in the Windows Service in TeamViewer versions up to 11.0.133222 (fixed in 11.0.214397), 12.0.181268 (fixed in 12.0.214399), 13.2.36215 (fixed in 13.2.36216), and 14.6.4835 (fixed in 14.7.1965) on Windows could allow an attacker to perform code execution on a target system via a service restart where the DLL was previously installed with administrative privileges. Exploitation requires that an attacker be able to create a new file in the TeamViewer application directory; directory permissions restrict that by default.",
"id": "GHSA-8p9h-vvgj-vx29",
"modified": "2024-04-04T02:34:03Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:59:49Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18196"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/Announcements/Security-bulletin-CVE-2019-18196/td-p/74564"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/TeamViewer-Windows-Client-v11-to-v14-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-18196"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-8PC4-5C4P-M4RM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:38 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:38IBM iNotes 8.5 and 9.0 SUService can be misguided into running malicious code from a DLL masquerading as a windows DLL in the temp directory. IBM X-Force ID: 134532.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-1711"
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"nvd_published_at": "2018-02-13T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "IBM iNotes 8.5 and 9.0 SUService can be misguided into running malicious code from a DLL masquerading as a windows DLL in the temp directory. IBM X-Force ID: 134532.",
"id": "GHSA-8pc4-5c4p-m4rm",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:38:28Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:38:28Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1711"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134532"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22010774"
},
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"url": "http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22010775"
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-8QC5-J3H9-PMJH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-10 12:30 – Updated: 2026-02-10 12:30A flaw has been found in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.26.1 on Windows. The impacted element is the function get_system_dpi of the file platform/x11/win_main.c. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local access. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. Upgrading to version 1.26.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-10T11:16:10Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A flaw has been found in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.26.1 on Windows. The impacted element is the function get_system_dpi of the file platform/x11/win_main.c. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local access. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. Upgrading to version 1.26.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.",
"id": "GHSA-8qc5-j3h9-pmjh",
"modified": "2026-02-10T12:30:28Z",
"published": "2026-02-10T12:30:28Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15569"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://artifex.com"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://casper.mupdf.com/downloads/archive/mupdf-1.26.2-windows.zip"
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"url": "https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.344924"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.344924"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.750978"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-8RCC-GGF9-RQ92
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:50 – Updated: 2024-04-04 01:15A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The PIA client is vulnerable to a DLL injection vulnerability during the software update process. The updater loads several libraries from a folder that authenticated users have write access to. A low privileged user can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
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"nvd_published_at": "2019-07-11T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The PIA client is vulnerable to a DLL injection vulnerability during the software update process. The updater loads several libraries from a folder that authenticated users have write access to. A low privileged user can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.",
"id": "GHSA-8rcc-ggf9-rq92",
"modified": "2024-04-04T01:15:06Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:50:07Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12574"
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"url": "https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12574.txt"
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Mitigation
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Hard-code the search path to a set of known-safe values (such as system directories), or only allow them to be specified by the administrator in a configuration file. Do not allow these settings to be modified by an external party. Be careful to avoid related weaknesses such as CWE-426 and CWE-428.
Mitigation
When invoking other programs, specify those programs using fully-qualified pathnames. While this is an effective approach, code that uses fully-qualified pathnames might not be portable to other systems that do not use the same pathnames. The portability can be improved by locating the full-qualified paths in a centralized, easily-modifiable location within the source code, and having the code refer to these paths.
Mitigation
Remove or restrict all environment settings before invoking other programs. This includes the PATH environment variable, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and other settings that identify the location of code libraries, and any application-specific search paths.
Mitigation
Check your search path before use and remove any elements that are likely to be unsafe, such as the current working directory or a temporary files directory.
Mitigation
Use other functions that require explicit paths. Making use of any of the other readily available functions that require explicit paths is a safe way to avoid this problem. For example, system() in C does not require a full path since the shell can take care of it, while execl() and execv() require a full path.
CAPEC-38: Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths
This pattern of attack sees an adversary load a malicious resource into a program's standard path so that when a known command is executed then the system instead executes the malicious component. The adversary can either modify the search path a program uses, like a PATH variable or classpath, or they can manipulate resources on the path to point to their malicious components. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker.