CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-32168
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.
Affected configurations
• notepad-plus-plus notepad\+\+ (>= 8.3 < 8.4.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168 Exploit, Third Party Advisory