A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Western Digital SanDisk Security Installer on Windows. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple DLL Search Order Hijack vulnerabilities were addressed in the SanDisk Security Installer for Windows that could allow attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code by executing the installer in the same folder as the malicious DLL. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the vulnerable application or obtain a certain level of persistence on the compromised host. 

The weakness was released 11/16/2023 by Alexander Huaman Jaimes. The advisory is shared at westerndigital.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-22818 since 01/06/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.0.0.25 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• SanDisk Security Installer

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