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CVE-2024-24916 (GCVE-0-2024-24916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-19 13:17 – Updated: 2025-06-20 13:11
VLAI
Title
DLL-HiJacking
Summary
Untrusted DLLs in the installer's directory may be loaded and executed, leading to potentially arbitrary code execution with the installer's privileges (admin).
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-20 13:06 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-427 - 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.
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
checkpoint Check Point SmartConsole Affected: Check Point SmartConsole versions R81.10, R81.20
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