CVE-2020-7360

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7360
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-13 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-19 21:26:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in SmartControl version 4.3.15 and versions released before April 15, 2020 may allow an authenticated user to escalate privileges by placing a specially crafted DLL file in the search path. This issue was fixed in version 1.0.7, which was released after April 15, 2020. (Note, the version numbering system changed significantly between version 4.3.15 and version 1.0.7.)

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Philips Smartcontrol All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Philips SmartControl DLL hijacking (CVE-2020-7360) MISC blog.vonahi.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This issue was discovered and reported by Erik Wynter of Vonahi Security.

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