CVE-2018-20211

Exiftool 8.3.2.0 DLL Hijacking

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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).

La versión 8.32 de ExifTool permite a los usuarios locales ganar privilegios creando una carpeta %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 con el nombre de una víctima y copiando un archivo troyano "ws32_32.dll" a esta nueva carpeta, también conocido como DLL Hijacking. NOTA: La 8.32 es una versión obsoleta del año 2010 (las 9.x se empezaron a distribuir en el 2012 y las 10x en el 2015).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-12-18 CVE Reserved
2018-12-21 CVE Published
2024-05-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150892/Exiftool-8.3.2.0-DLL-Hijacking.html	2024-08-05
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/44	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Exiftool Project Search vendor "Exiftool Project"		Exiftool Search vendor "Exiftool Project" for product "Exiftool"				8.32 Search vendor "Exiftool Project" for product "Exiftool" and version "8.32"		-		Affected