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JVNDB-2022-000102

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2022-12-21 14:23 - Updated:2022-12-21 14:23

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Details

Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427). Koh You Liang of Sompo Holdings, Inc. reported this vulnerability to the developer first, and to IPA later. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29902403/index.html
	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/ta/JVNTA91240916/
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46330
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46330
	No Mapping(CWE-Other)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Squirrel

Squirrel.Windows

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CVE-2022-46330 (GCVE-0-2022-46330)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:03

Summary

Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows 2.0.1 and earlier contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

jpcert

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/pull/1807
	https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows
	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29902403/index.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Squirrel	Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows	Affected: 2.0.1 and earlier

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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JVNDB-2022-000102

CVE-2022-46330 (GCVE-0-2022-46330)

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