CVE-2019-9116

HIGH

Sublime Text 3 - DLL Hijacking via Trojan Horse DLL in Temp Folder

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

DLL hijacking is possible in Sublime Text 3 version 3.1.1 build 3176 on 32-bit Windows platforms because a Trojan horse api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1.dll or api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1.dll file may be loaded if a victim uses sublime_text.exe to open a .txt file within an attacker's %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\sublime_text folder. NOTE: the vendor's position is "This does not appear to be a bug with Sublime Text, but rather one with Windows that has been patched.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/2544

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0108
EPSS Percentile 60.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (1)
sublimetext/sublime_text_3 3.1.1
Published Feb 25, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026