Code execution via uncontrolled DLL search path
Published Sep 16, 2022 · Updated Apr 16, 2025
Uncontrolled DLL search in Honeywell SoftMaster 4.51 allows attackers to execute code when a valid user loads a malicious library. The application resolves a required DLL without constraining its search path, allowing an attacker-supplied library to be loaded. Exploitation requires inducing a valid user to load the DLL, and resulting code runs with the application's permissions.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled DLL search in Honeywell SoftMaster 4.51 allows attackers to execute code when a valid user loads a malicious library. The application resolves a required DLL without constraining its search path, allowing an attacker-supplied library to be loaded. Exploitation requires inducing a valid user to load the DLL, and resulting code runs with the application's permissions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2333
- Published
- Sep 16, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Honeywell Technologies
- Product
- SoftMaster
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.51
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