CVE-2024-7886 (GCVE-0-2024-7886)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-16 21:31 – Updated: 2025-01-10 18:16 Disputed
VLAI?
Title
Scooter Software Beyond Compare 7zxa.dll uncontrolled search path
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Scooter Software Beyond Compare up to 3.3.5.15075 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library 7zxa.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor explains that a system must be breached before exploiting this issue. They are not planning on making any changes to address it.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
https://vuldb.com/?id.274873 vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.274873 signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.383468 third-party-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Scooter Software Beyond Compare Affected: 3.3.5.15075
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Credits
tfhm (VulDB User)
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