High severity · published Sep 28, 2022
CVE-2022-32168
notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking
7.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
notepad-plus-plus · notepad-plus-plus
v8.3 before unspecified; through v8.4.4 · source: vendor
NO
Notepad++ · Notepad-plus-plus
8.3 before 8.4.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-32168
Patch
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051e
Exploit
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168
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