Untrusted search path vulnerability in Git or Visual Studio - CVE-2023-23618ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:87777 | Date: (C)2023-02-28 (M)2023-11-13 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Git before 2.39.2 or Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 or 2022 and is prone to an untrusted search path vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle an issue in `gitk` component. Successful exploitation allows attackers to potentially run executables from the current directory inadvertently, which can be exploited with some social engineering to trick users into running untrusted code.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Product: |
Git |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 |