Description
Process Explorer before 17.04 allows attackers to make it functionally unavailable (a denial of service for analysis) by renaming an executable file to a new extensionless 255-character name and launching it with NtCreateUserProcess. This can occur through an issue in wcscat_s error handling.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
4.2
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
21.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Published
May 07, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026