CVE-2022-36415

A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the uninstaller in Scooter Beyond Compare 1.8a through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3 when installed via the EXE installer. The uninstaller attempts to load DLLs out of a Windows Temp folder. If a standard user places malicious DLLs in the C:\Windows\Temp\ folder, and then the uninstaller is run as SYSTEM, the DLLs will execute with elevated privileges.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02	Vendor Advisory
https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:scootersoftware:beyond_compare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:12

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02 - Vendor Advisory

01 Aug 2022, 16:05

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:scootersoftware:beyond_compare::::::::
References	~~(MISC) https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02 -~~	(MISC) https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02 - Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-427

23 Jul 2022, 03:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-07-23 03:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:12

NVD link : CVE-2022-36415

Mitre link : CVE-2022-36415

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-36415

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Products Affected

scootersoftware

beyond_compare

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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