CVE-2020-8895 (GCVE-0-2020-8895)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-21 17:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:12
VLAI?
Title
DLL Hijacking in Google Earth Pro Windows installer
Summary
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in the windows installer of Google Earth Pro versions prior to 7.3.3 allows an attacker to insert malicious local files to execute unauthenticated remote code on the targeted system.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
- DLL Hijacking
Assigner
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Nomenclature
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