CVE-2022-46330

Summary

CVECVE-2022-46330
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-21 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-04 02:21:00 UTC
DescriptionSquirrel.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squirrel.windows Project Squirrel.windows All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitHub - Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows: An installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps MISC github.com
Better delay load urlmon and move official build to GH Actions by robmen · Pull Request #1807 · Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows · GitHub MISC github.com
JVN#29902403: Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries MISC jvn.jp
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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