Vulnerability · Published Dec 17, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-6891PeaZip Library dragdropfilesdll.dll uncontrolled search path

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled search path in PeaZip. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in PeaZip 9.4.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library dragdropfilesdll.dll of the component Library Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 9.6.0 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248251. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early, confirmed the existence of the flaw and immediately worked on a patched release.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	PeaZip	9.4.0

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

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.248251 vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248251 signature, permissions-required
https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html patch, release-notes