CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-36574

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Wassimulator (GitHub) CactusViewer v2.3.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via a crafted DLL.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes full system compromise through privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution, potentially leading to malware installation or data theft.

Recommendation

Immediately update CactusViewer to a version without the vulnerability or apply DLL hijacking mitigations such as loading libraries from trusted paths.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Wassimulator (GitHub) CactusViewer v2.3.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via a crafted DLL.

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