CWE-426
Allowed-with-ReviewUntrusted Search Path
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.
894 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-7X75-R7F7-MQRX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-03 00:01 – Updated: 2022-05-03 00:01Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-6167"
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"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-01-30T22:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.",
"id": "GHSA-7x75-r7f7-mqrx",
"modified": "2022-05-03T00:01:25Z",
"published": "2022-05-03T00:01:25Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6167"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-82FG-MP7J-JM32
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:21 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:21Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the DMTGUI2.EXE and DvInesLogFileViewer.Exe components in DATEV Grundpaket Basis CD23.20 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) DVBSKNLANG101.dll or (2) DvZediTermSrvInfo004.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .dmt, .adl, .c02, .dof, or .jrf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-5158"
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"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2012-09-07T10:32:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the DMTGUI2.EXE and DvInesLogFileViewer.Exe components in DATEV Grundpaket Basis CD23.20 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) DVBSKNLANG101.dll or (2) DvZediTermSrvInfo004.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .dmt, .adl, .c02, .dof, or .jrf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.",
"id": "GHSA-82fg-mp7j-jm32",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:21:39Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:21:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5158"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42940"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2010-010.txt"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-83R9-9GPX-F5Q6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:18 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:48Untrusted search path vulnerability in BOOK WALKER for Windows Ver.1.2.9 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-10887"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-11-17T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in BOOK WALKER for Windows Ver.1.2.9 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.",
"id": "GHSA-83r9-9gpx-f5q6",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:48:44Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:18:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10887"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bookwalker.jp/info/message20171113_pc_app"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN18420340/index.html"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8458-3J4R-X5W4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:36 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:03An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. A guest may access xenstore paths via absolute paths containing a full pathname, or via a relative path, which implicitly includes /local/domain/$DOMID for their own domain id. Management tools must access paths in guests' namespaces, necessarily using absolute paths. oxenstored imposes a pathname limit that is applied solely to the relative or absolute path specified by the client. Therefore, a guest can create paths in its own namespace which are too long for management tools to access. Depending on the toolstack in use, a malicious guest administrator might cause some management tools and debugging operations to fail. For example, a guest administrator can cause "xenstore-ls -r" to fail. However, a guest administrator cannot prevent the host administrator from tearing down the domain. All systems using oxenstored are vulnerable. Building and using oxenstored is the default in the upstream Xen distribution, if the Ocaml compiler is available. Systems using C xenstored are not vulnerable.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-29482"
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-12-15T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. A guest may access xenstore paths via absolute paths containing a full pathname, or via a relative path, which implicitly includes /local/domain/$DOMID for their own domain id. Management tools must access paths in guests\u0027 namespaces, necessarily using absolute paths. oxenstored imposes a pathname limit that is applied solely to the relative or absolute path specified by the client. Therefore, a guest can create paths in its own namespace which are too long for management tools to access. Depending on the toolstack in use, a malicious guest administrator might cause some management tools and debugging operations to fail. For example, a guest administrator can cause \"xenstore-ls -r\" to fail. However, a guest administrator cannot prevent the host administrator from tearing down the domain. All systems using oxenstored are vulnerable. Building and using oxenstored is the default in the upstream Xen distribution, if the Ocaml compiler is available. Systems using C xenstored are not vulnerable.",
"id": "GHSA-8458-3j4r-x5w4",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:03:42Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:36:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29482"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-323.html"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-84VM-7XWP-67QQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:30 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:30monero-wallet-gui in Monero GUI 0.17.0.1 includes the . directory in an embedded RPATH (with a preference ahead of /usr/lib), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-26947"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426",
"CWE-427"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-10-10T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "monero-wallet-gui in Monero GUI 0.17.0.1 includes the . directory in an embedded RPATH (with a preference ahead of /usr/lib), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory.",
"id": "GHSA-84vm-7xwp-67qq",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:30:27Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26947"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/issues/3142#issuecomment-705940446"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/commit/6ed536982953d870010d8fa065dccbffeb6cae50"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-84WV-92FG-CF33
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-23 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-23 18:30A DLL hijacking vulnerability in AMD StoreMI™ could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-21922"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-11-23T17:15:46Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A DLL hijacking vulnerability in AMD StoreMI\u2122 could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-84wv-92fg-cf33",
"modified": "2025-11-23T18:30:26Z",
"published": "2025-11-23T18:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21922"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-4010.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-869X-PMMV-PM7C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:46 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:46A vulnerability in the build procedure for certain executable system files installed at boot time on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to a custom executable system file that was built to use relative search paths for libraries without properly validating the library to be loaded. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and loading a malicious library that can escalate the privilege level. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root-level privileges and take full control of the device. The attacker must have valid user credentials to log in to the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc96087. Known Affected Releases: 1.1(0.920a), 1.1(1j), 1.1(3f); 1.2 Base, 1.2(2), 1.2(3), 1.2.2; 1.3(1), 1.3(2), 1.3(2f); 2.0 Base, 2.0(1).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-6768"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-08-17T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the build procedure for certain executable system files installed at boot time on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to a custom executable system file that was built to use relative search paths for libraries without properly validating the library to be loaded. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and loading a malicious library that can escalate the privilege level. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root-level privileges and take full control of the device. The attacker must have valid user credentials to log in to the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc96087. Known Affected Releases: 1.1(0.920a), 1.1(1j), 1.1(3f); 1.2 Base, 1.2(2), 1.2(3), 1.2.2; 1.3(1), 1.3(2), 1.3(2f); 2.0 Base, 2.0(1).",
"id": "GHSA-869x-pmmv-pm7c",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:46:46Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:46:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6768"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-apic2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100363"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039179"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-873J-X6CM-FVCH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:22 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:22Untrusted search path vulnerability in The installer of PhishWall Client Internet Explorer edition Ver. 3.7.15 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-0561"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-04-16T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in The installer of PhishWall Client Internet Explorer edition Ver. 3.7.15 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.",
"id": "GHSA-873j-x6cm-fvch",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:22:28Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:22:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0561"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.securebrain.co.jp/about/news/2018/04/180411.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN92220486/index.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-87HC-8937-FJRH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:15 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:15Format Factory 4.1.0 has a DLL Hijacking Vulnerability because an untrusted search path is used for msimg32.dll, WindowsCodecs.dll, and dwmapi.dll.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-12414"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-08-03T15:29:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Format Factory 4.1.0 has a DLL Hijacking Vulnerability because an untrusted search path is used for msimg32.dll, WindowsCodecs.dll, and dwmapi.dll.",
"id": "GHSA-87hc-8937-fjrh",
"modified": "2022-05-17T02:15:36Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:15:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12414"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.kth.ninja/2017/08/format-factory-dll-hijacking.html"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8F23-MXMJ-HCW5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:58 – Updated: 2022-05-17 01:58Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of IP Messenger for Win 4.60 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-10820"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-426"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-08-04T16:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of IP Messenger for Win 4.60 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.",
"id": "GHSA-8f23-mxmj-hcw5",
"modified": "2022-05-17T01:58:19Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T01:58:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10820"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ipmsg.org/ipmsg_dll_vulnerability.html.en"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN86724730/index.html"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
Mitigation
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Hard-code the search path to a set of known-safe values (such as system directories), or only allow them to be specified by the administrator in a configuration file. Do not allow these settings to be modified by an external party. Be careful to avoid related weaknesses such as CWE-426 and CWE-428.
Mitigation
When invoking other programs, specify those programs using fully-qualified pathnames. While this is an effective approach, code that uses fully-qualified pathnames might not be portable to other systems that do not use the same pathnames. The portability can be improved by locating the full-qualified paths in a centralized, easily-modifiable location within the source code, and having the code refer to these paths.
Mitigation
Remove or restrict all environment settings before invoking other programs. This includes the PATH environment variable, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and other settings that identify the location of code libraries, and any application-specific search paths.
Mitigation
Check your search path before use and remove any elements that are likely to be unsafe, such as the current working directory or a temporary files directory.
Mitigation
Use other functions that require explicit paths. Making use of any of the other readily available functions that require explicit paths is a safe way to avoid this problem. For example, system() in C does not require a full path since the shell can take care of it, while execl() and execv() require a full path.
CAPEC-38: Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths
This pattern of attack sees an adversary load a malicious resource into a program's standard path so that when a known command is executed then the system instead executes the malicious component. The adversary can either modify the search path a program uses, like a PATH variable or classpath, or they can manipulate resources on the path to point to their malicious components. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker.