CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-34596

HighCVSS 7.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Sandboxie-Plus versions 1.17.2 and earlier, a TOCTOU race condition exists during addon installation. After UpdUtil.exe verifies file hashes, an unprivileged user can replace files.cab with a crafted cabinet containing a malicious executable, which is then run as SYSTEM.

Risk Assessment

An unprivileged attacker can gain full SYSTEM access without UAC, leading to complete system compromise.

Recommendation

Upgrade Sandboxie-Plus to version 1.17.3 or later immediately.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Sandboxie-Plus is an open source sandbox-based isolation software for Windows. In versions 1.17.2 and earlier, a Time-of-Check-to-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists during addon installation. When a user installs an addon through the SandMan interface, UpdUtil.exe is spawned as SYSTEM by SbieSvc but stages files in the user-writable %TEMP%\sandboxie-updater directory. After UpdUtil verifies file hashes against the signed addon manifest, install.bat extracts files.cab and executes config.exe from its contents. Between hash verification and extraction, an unprivileged user can replace files.cab with a crafted cabinet containing a malicious executable, which is then run as SYSTEM. No UAC prompt is required. This issue has been fixed in version 1.17.3.

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