CVE-2024-11859 DLL Search Order Hijacking in ESET products for Windows
An attacker with administrator privileges can execute arbitrary code via DLL search order hijacking in ESET Windows products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-11859?
CVE-2024-11859 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows, published on 7 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker with administrator privileges to load a malicious dynamic-link library and execute its code.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11859?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11859?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-11859 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11859 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w85p-m37q-fvfw.