CVE-2018-20211 describes a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in ExifTool version 8.32, allowing local users to gain privileges by manipulating a temporary folder and introducing a malicious DLL. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. Despite its high severity, the affected version is obsolete (released in 2010), and there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exiftool_project:exiftool:8.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.