CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

CVE-2023-49114 (GCVE-0-2023-49114)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-26 12:19 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:18
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via DLL Hijacking
Summary
A DLL hijacking vulnerability was identified in the Qognify VMS Client Viewer version 7.1 or higher, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and obtain higher privileges via careful placement of a malicious DLL, if some specific pre-conditions are met.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Qognify VMS Client Viewer Affected: >=7.1
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qognify vms_client_viewer Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:qognify:vms_client_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Sandro Einfeldt (SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab)
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CVE-2023-4931 (GCVE-0-2023-4931)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-27 14:12 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:44
VLAI
Title
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Plesk
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Plesk Installer affects version 3.27.0.0. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by injecting DLL files into the same folder where the application is installed, resulting in DLL hijacking in edputil.dll, samlib.dll, urlmon.dll, sspicli.dll, propsys.dll and profapi.dll files.
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Plesk Plesk Installer Affected: 3.27.0.0
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Date Public
2023-11-27 12:00
Credits
Alexander Huaman Jaimes
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CVE-2023-52945 (GCVE-0-2023-52945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 08:25 – Updated: 2026-05-27 13:41
VLAI
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in OpenSSL DLL component in Synology BeeDrive for desktop before 1.3.2-13814 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Synology BeeDrive for desktop Affected: * , < 1.3.2-13814 (semver)
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Credits
Zhao Runzi (赵润梓)
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CVE-2023-53937 (GCVE-0-2023-53937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-18 19:57 – Updated: 2026-04-07 14:07
VLAI
Title
Hubstaff 1.6.14 DLL Search Order Hijacking via wow64log Library
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SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hubstaff Hubstaff Affected: 1.6.13, 1.6.14
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Date Public
2023-05-23 00:00
Credits
Ahsan Azad
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CVE-2023-53959 (GCVE-0-2023-53959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-19 21:05 – Updated: 2026-04-07 14:08
VLAI
Title
FileZilla Client 3.63.1 DLL Hijacking via Missing TextShaping.dll
Summary
FileZilla Client 3.63.1 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code by placing a crafted TextShaping.dll in the application directory. Attackers can generate a reverse shell payload using msfvenom and replace the missing DLL to achieve remote code execution when the application launches.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-04-06 00:00
Credits
Bilal Qureshi
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CVE-2023-5463 (GCVE-0-2023-5463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-09 21:31 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:59
VLAI
Title
XINJE XDPPro cfgmgr32.dll uncontrolled search path
Summary
A vulnerability was found in XINJE XDPPro up to 3.7.17a. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library cfgmgr32.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-241586 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
XINJE XDPPro Affected: 3.7.17a
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xinje xdppro Affected: 0 , < 3.7.17a (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:xinje:xdppro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2023-6132 (GCVE-0-2023-6132)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-29 17:40 – Updated: 2024-08-22 18:02
VLAI
Title
AVEVA Edge products Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a malicious entity with access to the file system to achieve arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation by tricking AVEVA Edge to load an unsafe DLL.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
AVEVA AVEVA Edge Affected: 0 , ≤ 2020 R2 SP2 (custom)
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aveva aveva_edge Affected: 0 , < 2020_r2_sp2 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:aveva:aveva_edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Ting Chen of UESTC discovered and disclosed this vulnerability to AVEVA. ADLab of Venustech discovered and disclosed this vulnerability to AVEVA.
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CVE-2023-6235 (GCVE-0-2023-6235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-21 12:24 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:21
VLAI
Title
Arbitrary code execution in Duet Display
Summary
An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability has been found in the Duet Display product, affecting version 2.5.9.1. An attacker could place an arbitrary libusk.dll file in the C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\ directory, which could lead to the execution and persistence of arbitrary code.
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-11-21 11:00
Credits
Alexander Huamán Jaimes
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CVE-2023-6338 (GCVE-0-2023-6338)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-03 21:00 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:43
VLAI
Summary
Uncontrolled search path vulnerabilities were reported in the Lenovo Universal Device Client (UDC) that could allow an attacker with local access to execute code with elevated privileges.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Lenovo Universal Device Client (UDC) Affected: , < 23.10 (custom)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Lenovo thanks Moritz Rauch for reporting this issue
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2023-6401 (GCVE-0-2023-6401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-30 14:31 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:28
VLAI
Title
NotePad++ dbghelp.exe uncontrolled search path
Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NotePad++ up to 8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dbghelp.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The identifier VDB-246421 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path
Assigner
References
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https://vuldb.com/?id.246421 vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.246421 signaturepermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a NotePad++ Affected: 8.0
Affected: 8.1
Credits
tfhm (VulDB User)
Show details on NVD website

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Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Description:

  • 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

Phase: Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Description:

  • 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

Phase: Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Description:

  • 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

Phase: Implementation

Description:

  • 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. Since this is a denylist approach, it might not be a complete solution.
Mitigation

Phase: Implementation

Description:

  • 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 finding the program using the PATH environment variable, 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.

CAPEC-471: Search Order Hijacking

An adversary exploits a weakness in an application's specification of external libraries to exploit the functionality of the loader where the process loading the library searches first in the same directory in which the process binary resides and then in other directories. Exploitation of this preferential search order can allow an attacker to make the loading process load the adversary's rogue library rather than the legitimate library. This attack can be leveraged with many different libraries and with many different loading processes. No forensic trails are left in the system's registry or file system that an incorrect library had been loaded.

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