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CVE-2018-20211Not scoredCWE-427

CVE-2018-20211: Exiftool Project vulnerability

Exiftool Project · Exiftool

Affected: Exiftool Project · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

1.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
72nd percentile
050100

Higher than 72% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Published
January 2019

CoverageNo articles yet

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