GSD-2022-32168
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19Details
Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.
Aliases
Aliases
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