Code execution via uncontrolled DLL search path
Published Jun 26, 2023 · Updated Dec 5, 2024
DLL hijacking in Trend Micro Security 2021 through 2023 for Windows allows local users to execute malicious code via a planted library. An unnamed executable searches an attacker-controllable location and loads the planted DLL without restricting resolution to a trusted path. Exploitation requires a user to start the affected executable; the malicious program then runs on each subsequent launch, enabling persistence.
Summary
What happened
DLL hijacking in Trend Micro Security 2021 through 2023 for Windows allows local users to execute malicious code via a planted library. An unnamed executable searches an attacker-controllable location and loads the planted DLL without restricting resolution to a trusted path. Exploitation requires a user to start the affected executable; the malicious program then runs on each subsequent launch, enabling persistence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28929
- Published
- Jun 26, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 5, 2024
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 26, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2023 <17.7.1634
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