CVE-2022-46330
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-21 00:00
Modified
2025-04-16 16:03
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows 2.0.1 and earlier contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.
References
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.WindowsThird Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/pull/1807Patch, Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29902403/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.WindowsThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/pull/1807Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29902403/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
SquirrelInstallers generated by Squirrel.Windows
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