A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/?id.308270 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.308270 | signature permissions required vdb entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.562788 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2 | third party advisory exploit |