VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-20211

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability1.38%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-01-02

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

Weakness classification

CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory