Code execution via unsafe DLL search
Published Jul 11, 2023 · Updated Jan 1, 2025
Untrusted search path in the Windows Geolocation Service in affected Windows releases allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The GetFindMyDeviceEnabled path calls LoadLibraryW for mdmcommon.dll by name; when the library is absent, Windows searches locations that can contain an attacker-planted DLL. Exploitation requires local placement of the DLL and user interaction that invokes the component, after which the planted library executes in the affected process context.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path in the Windows Geolocation Service in affected Windows releases allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The GetFindMyDeviceEnabled path calls LoadLibraryW for mdmcommon.dll by name; when the library is absent, Windows searches locations that can contain an attacker-planted DLL. Exploitation requires local placement of the DLL and user interaction that invokes the component, after which the planted library executes in the affected process context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-35343
- Published
- Jul 11, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.4645
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