Code execution via unsafe DLL search path
Published May 28, 2024 · Updated May 30, 2025
DLL hijacking in Apiris Kafeo 6.4.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code when the desktop application is launched. The public advisory does not identify the DLL, executable, or search directory involved; it states only that Kafeo uses an unsafe DLL search path. A low-privileged local user must place a library where Kafeo resolves it and wait for a user to launch the application, after which the code runs in that user's context.
Summary
What happened
DLL hijacking in Apiris Kafeo 6.4.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code when the desktop application is launched. The public advisory does not identify the DLL, executable, or search directory involved; it states only that Kafeo uses an unsafe DLL search path. A low-privileged local user must place a library where Kafeo resolves it and wait for a user to launch the application, after which the code runs in that user's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-28060
- Published
- May 28, 2024
- Updated
- May 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Apiris
- Product
- Kafeo
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.4.4
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