CVE-2020-7360

HIGH

Philips SmartControl < 4.3.15 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via DLL Search Path Hijacking

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in SmartControl version 4.3.15 and versions released before April 15, 2020 may allow an authenticated user to escalate privileges by placing a specially crafted DLL file in the search path. This issue was fixed in version 1.0.7, which was released after April 15, 2020. (Note, the version numbering system changed significantly between version 4.3.15 and version 1.0.7.)

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.vonahi.io/when-the-path-to-system-is-wide-open/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 38.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (1)
philips/smartcontrol < 4.3.15
Published Aug 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026