VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-0598
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 9.76%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.76% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- microsoft/windows
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72748502/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/Broken Link
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2018/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72748502/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/Broken Link
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2018/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.