CVE-2020-8895

DLL Hijacking in Google Earth Pro Windows installer

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: April 21, 2020 at 05:50 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorEarth

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in the windows installer of Google Earth Pro versions prior to 7.3.3 allows an attacker to insert malicious local files to execute unauthenticated remote code on the targeted system.

Affected

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

Earth · Google

95%

v < 7.3.3

Affected range stops below 7.3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/40901?hl=en

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/40901?hl=en

CVSS

7.8HIGHGoogle

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-427CWE-426

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