Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2020 · Assigned by rapid7

CVE-2020-7360Philips SmartControl DLL Hijacking

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in SmartControl from Philips. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in SmartControl version 4.3.15 and versions released before April 15, 2020 may allow an authenticated user to escalate privileges by placing a specially crafted DLL file in the search path. This issue was fixed in version 1.0.7, which was released after April 15, 2020. (Note, the version numbering system changed significantly between version 4.3.15 and version 1.0.7.)

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Philips	SmartControl	4.3.15

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

https://blog.vonahi.io/when-the-path-to-system-is-wide-open/ x_refsource_MISC