CVE-2022-32168

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-32168
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-28 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:47:00 UTC
DescriptionNotepad++ 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++.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Notepad-plus-plus Notepad All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2022-32168 | Mend Vulnerability Database MISC www.mend.io
Fixes security vulnerability · notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus@85d7215 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Mend Vulnerability Research Team (MVR)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378065 NotePad++ "UxTheme.dll" DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (CVE-2022-32168)
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