CVE-2023-6401 (GCVE-0-2023-6401)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-30 14:31
Modified
2024-08-02 08:28
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path
Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NotePad++ up to 8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dbghelp.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The identifier VDB-246421 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.246421Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.246421Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.246421Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.246421Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a NotePad++ Version: 8.0
Version: 8.1
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