A vulnerability has been found in Code42 up to 7.0.2 on Windows and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component DLL Loader. The manipulation as part of a Search Path leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Code42 app through version 7.0.2 for Windows has an Untrusted Search Path. In certain situations, a non-administrative attacker on the local machine could create or modify a dynamic-link library (DLL). The Code42 service could then load it at runtime, and potentially execute arbitrary code at an elevated privilege on the local machine.

The weakness was presented 11/19/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.code42.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-16860 since 09/24/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 145949 for similar entry.

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