VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-42923

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-07-18
Last modified2026-07-09
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

ShowMyPC 3606 on Windows suffers from a DLL hijack vulnerability. If an attacker overwrites the file %temp%\ShowMyPC\-ShowMyPC3606\wodVPN.dll, it will run any malicious code contained in that file. The code will run with normal user privileges unless the user specifically runs ShowMyPC as administrator.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Primary references