CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-42923

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

A DLL hijack vulnerability in ShowMyPC 3606 on Windows allows an attacker to overwrite the file %temp%\ShowMyPC\-ShowMyPC3606\wodVPN.dll, executing arbitrary malicious code contained in that file.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker can run malicious code in the user's context, potentially leading to data theft, backdoor installation, or privilege escalation if the user runs ShowMyPC as administrator.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update ShowMyPC to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability and restrict write permissions to the %temp% directory for standard users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS