Code execution via unsafe DLL search order
Published Dec 19, 2022 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
DLL search-order hijacking in Autodesk DWG TrueView 2023 allows local users to execute code when the application loads a planted library. The application searches an attacker-writable location before the intended DLL location and loads a planted library; Autodesk has not identified the DLL or search path. Exploitation requires filesystem placement of a malicious DLL and execution of DWG TrueView, with code running in the application's process context.
Summary
What happened
DLL search-order hijacking in Autodesk DWG TrueView 2023 allows local users to execute code when the application loads a planted library. The application searches an attacker-writable location before the intended DLL location and loads a planted library; Autodesk has not identified the DLL or search path. Exploitation requires filesystem placement of a malicious DLL and execution of DWG TrueView, with code running in the application's process context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42945
- Published
- Dec 19, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Autodesk
- Product
- DWG TrueView
- Classifications
- CWE-427, CAPEC-471, CAPEC-38, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 19, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2023
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