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ghsa-24h9-pvx3-c6g5

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-12-18 21:31

Modified

2025-12-18 21:31

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Details

Hubstaff 1.6.14 contains a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to replace a missing system32 wow64log.dll with a malicious library. Attackers can generate a custom DLL using Metasploit and place it in the system32 directory to obtain a reverse shell during application startup.

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CVE-2023-53937 (GCVE-0-2023-53937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-12-18 19:57

Modified

2025-12-18 20:22

Severity ?

8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Summary

Hubstaff 1.6.14 contains a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to replace a missing system32 wow64log.dll with a malicious library. Attackers can generate a custom DLL using Metasploit and place it in the system32 directory to obtain a reverse shell during application startup.

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51461	exploit
	https://hubstaff.com/	vendor-advisory
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hubstaff-dll-search-order-hijacking-via-wowlog-library	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Hubstaff	Hubstaff	Version: 1.6.13, 1.6.14

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