CVE-2018-20341

Description

WINMAGIC SecureDoc Disk Encryption software before 8.3 has an Unquoted Service Path vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system. If the executable is enclosed in quote tags "" then the system will know where to find it. However if the path of where the application binary is located doesn't contain any quotes then Windows will try to find it and execute it inside every folder of this path until they reach the executable.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory winmagic.info
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://downloads.winmagic.info/manuals/Release_Notes_8.3.pdf release notes vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-20341?
CVE-2018-20341 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-20341?
To fix CVE-2018-20341, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-20341 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-20341 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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