Overview
- Description
- A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NotePad++ up to 8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dbghelp.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The identifier VDB-246421 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.1
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- cna@vuldb.com
- CWE-427
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\\+\\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "9DA6D40B-2B67-41EB-8426-AF8ACD46391D",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]