CVE-2018-7799 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting all versions of Schneider Electric Software Update (SESU) prior to V2.2.0. An attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious DLL file, leading to arbitrary code execution on the targeted system. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:software_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.