CVE-2018-0692 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Baidu Browser versions 43.23.1000.500 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, leading to privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are also minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 43.23.1000.500CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:baidu:spark_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.