CVE-2021-42923 (GCVE-0-2021-42923)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-17 23:25 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:15
VLAI
EPSS
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Summary
ShowMyPC 3606 on Windows suffers from a DLL hijack vulnerability. If an attacker overwrites the file %temp%\ShowMyPC\-ShowMyPC3606\wodVPN.dll, it will run any malicious code contained in that file. The code will run with normal user privileges unless the user specifically runs ShowMyPC as administrator.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
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