{"id":"CVE-2026-7169","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-7169","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:14:24.403Z","title":"a vulnerability involving an unchecked search path element in Evope Collector, versions prior to 1.1.7.13, allows a local attacker without privileges to load a malicious DLL by placing a ‘wtsapi32.dll’ file in the ‘C:\\ProgramData\\Evope\\’ directory.","description":"a vulnerability involving an unchecked search path element in Evope Collector, versions prior to 1.1.7.13, allows a local attacker without privileges to load a malicious DLL by placing a ‘wtsapi32.dll’ file in the ‘C:\\ProgramData\\Evope\\’ directory. The ‘Evope.Service.exe’ component, which runs with ‘NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM’ privileges, loads this DLL without properly verifying its integrity or origin. Successful exploitation could allow code execution with SYSTEM privileges and result in local privilege escalation.","published":"2026-09-24T12:17:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-24T14:45:23.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve-coordination@incibe.es","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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"},"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00139,"percentile":0.03212,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-25","score":0.00139,"percentile":0.02639}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-24T12:17:13.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.5","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T12:17:12.973Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/uncontrolled-search-path-element-evope-collector","source":"cve-coordination@incibe.es"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7169","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}