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CVE-2026-28704 (GCVE-0-2026-28704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-10 05:49 – Updated: 2026-04-10 14:03 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
Summary
Emocheck insecurely loads Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). If a crafted DLL file is placed to the same directory, an arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking EmoCheck.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-10 14:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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