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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
  • DLL Hijacking
Assigner
Google CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 33 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Earth Pro Affected: unspecified , < 7.3.3 (custom)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Daniel Díez Tainta
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