CVE-2019-9116 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Sublime Text 3.1.1 build 3176 on 32-bit Windows platforms, specifically affecting Sublime Text 3 and Windows 7. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a .txt file within a malicious folder, leading to the loading of a Trojan horse DLL. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sublimetext:sublime_text_3:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.