Insecure DLL loading in Ghidra - CVE-2019-17665
Published: October 27, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22306
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17665
CWE-ID: CWE-427
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: National Security Agency
Affected software:
Ghidra
Ghidra
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the application loads the jansi.dll library in an insecure manner from the current working directory. A local user can place a specially crafted .dll file on the system and trick the victim into opening an associated file with the application from the directory with a malicious .dll file. This will lead to execution of arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the current user.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17665
Install updates from vendor's website.