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GHSA-4vf6-2fhm-2c5g

GHSA-4vf6-2fhm-2c5g PUBLISHED CVSS 8.600000381469727 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 0.8.4 through 1.0.15 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.10 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse airpcap.dll, and possibly other DLLs, that is located in the same folder as a file that automatically launches Wireshark.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0
8.600000381469727
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

  • May 17, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-4vf6-2fhm-2c5g
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-4vf6-2fhm-2c5g

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-4vf6-2fhm-2c5g/fixes/registry"

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