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CVE-2018-0598

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWindows

Using Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows by Microsoft?

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows· Microsoft
95%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72748502/index.html
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2018/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426

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