CVE-2014-1680 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the working directory when a user opens an archive.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-1680?

CVE-2014-1680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Feb 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Bandisoft Bandizip before 3.10 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1680?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bandisoft Bandizip.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1680?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-1680 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1680 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wgm2-39v7-7cc5.

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