Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-20211
ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 42.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
Products affected by CVE-2018-20211
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cpe:2.3:a:exiftool_project:exiftool:8.32