CVE-2026-4545
The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in Flos Freeware Notepad2 4.2.25. This affects an unknown function in the library PROPSYS.dll. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. The attack is only possible with local access. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426, CWE-427
- Affected
- flos-freeware/notepad2
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A3x47B2gi645H02-28qgoIgGN-g6rK/viewPermissions Required
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.352372Permissions Required
- https://vuldb.com/?id.352372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.774752Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.