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A vulnerability was found in Patch My PC Home Updater up to 5.1.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library advapi32.dll/BCrypt.dll/comctl32.dll/crypt32.dll/dwmapi.dll/gdi32.dll/gdiplus.dll/imm32.dll/iphlpapi.dll/kernel32.dll/mscms.dll/msctf.dll/ntdll.dll/ole32.dll/oleaut32.dll/PresentationNative_cor3.dll/secur32.dll/shcore.dll/shell32.dll/sspicli.dll/System.IO. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Eine Schwachstelle wurde in Patch My PC Home Updater bis 5.1.3.0 ausgemacht. Sie wurde als kritisch eingestuft. Hierbei geht es um eine nicht exakt ausgemachte Funktion in der Bibliothek advapi32.dll/BCrypt.dll/comctl32.dll/crypt32.dll/dwmapi.dll/gdi32.dll/gdiplus.dll/imm32.dll/iphlpapi.dll/kernel32.dll/mscms.dll/msctf.dll/ntdll.dll/ole32.dll/oleaut32.dll/PresentationNative_cor3.dll/secur32.dll/shcore.dll/shell32.dll/sspicli.dll/System.IO. Durch die Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine uncontrolled search path-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden muss der Angriff lokal. Die Komplexität eines Angriffs ist eher hoch. Die Ausnutzbarkeit gilt als schwierig. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.
2025-05-08: | Advisory disclosed |
2025-05-08: | VulDB entry created |
2025-05-08: | VulDB entry last update |
shellkraft (VulDB User)
vuldb.com/?id.308069 (VDB-308069 | Patch My PC Home Updater System.IO uncontrolled search path)
vuldb.com/?ctiid.308069 (VDB-308069 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA))
vuldb.com/?submit.562440 (Submit #562440 | Patch My Pc Patch My PC Home Updater <=5.1.3.0 Uncontrolled Search Path)
gist.github.com/shellkraft/d7db265b53115d52a4ca5bffe5e9c6e4
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