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CVE-2018-20211

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Published: January 2, 2019 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorExiftool

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

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).

Affected

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

Exiftool · Exiftool Project

95%

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 (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150892/Exiftool-8.3.2.0-DLL-Hijacking.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/44

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-427

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