Untrusted search path vulnerability in ALSee 6.20.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse patchani.dll file in the…

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ALSee 6.20.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse patchani.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .ani, .bmp, .cal, .hdp, .jpe, .mac, .pbm, .pcx, .pgm, .png, .psd, .ras, .tga, or .tiff file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (2)

• http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Balsee%5D_6.20.0.1_insecure_dll_hijacking (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 41415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 21:03 UTC.