CVE-2023-53937 | THREATINT

Description

Hubstaff 1.6.14 contains a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to replace a missing system32 wow64log.dll with a malicious library. Attackers can generate a custom DLL using Metasploit and place it in the system32 directory to obtain a reverse shell during application startup.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-16 | Published 2025-12-18 | Updated 2025-12-18 | Assigner VulnCheck

HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Product status

1.6.13, 1.6.14

affected

Credits

Ahsan Azad finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51461 (ExploitDB-51461) exploit

hubstaff.com/ (Official Product Homepage) vendor-advisory

www.vulncheck.com/...arch-order-hijacking-via-wowlog-library (VulnCheck Advisory: Hubstaff 1.6.14 DLL Search Order Hijacking via wow64log Library) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2023-53937)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53937)

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