CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-36415

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-07-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-07-23
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
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the uninstaller in Scooter Beyond Compare 1.8a through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3 when installed via the EXE installer. The uninstaller attempts to load DLLs out of a Windows Temp folder. If a standard user places malicious DLLs in the C:\Windows\Temp\ folder, and then the uninstaller is run as SYSTEM, the DLLs will execute with elevated privileges.

Affected configurations

• scootersoftware beyond compare (>= 1.8a < 4.4.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References