CVE-2023-47113

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in BleachBit for Windows

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Published Nov 8, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy. BleachBit for Windows up to version 4.4.2 is vulnerable to a DLL Hijacking vulnerability. By placing a DLL in the Folder c:\DLLs, an attacker can run arbitrary code on every execution of BleachBit for Windows. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.0.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

bleachbit

bleachbit

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 4.4.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:bleachbit:bleachbit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-51260	BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy. BleachBit for Windows up to version 4.4.2 is vulnerable to a DLL Hijacking vulnerability. By placing a DLL in the Folder c:\DLLs, an attacker can run arbitrary code on every execution of BleachBit for Windows. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.0.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.281% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-j8jc-f6p7-55p8

History

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Subscriptions

Bleachbit Bleachbit

Microsoft Windows

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 6, 2024, 5:54 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Nov 8, 2023, 9:57 PM
Updated: Sep 6, 2024, 5:54 PM
Reserved: Oct 30, 2023, 7:57 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:01 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:01 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:32 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 8, 2023, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:32 AM

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