CVE-2018-20211

Published Jan 2, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-12778 ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:58 AM
Reserved
Dec 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 2, 2019, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:52 AM