CVE-2018-20211

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150892/Exiftool-8.3.2.0-DLL-Hijacking.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/44Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150892/Exiftool-8.3.2.0-DLL-Hijacking.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/44Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 2, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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