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CVE-2019-16860

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Code42 app through version 7.0.2 for Windows has an Untrusted Search Path. In certain situations, a non-administrative attacker on the local machine could create or modify a dynamic-link library (DLL). The Code42 service could then load it at runtime, and potentially execute arbitrary code at an elevated privilege on the local machine.

Affected products

• Code42: through 7.0.2

References

• https://support.code42.com/Terms_and_conditions/Code42_customer_support_resources/Code42_security_advisories
• https://support.code42.com/Terms_and_conditions/Code42_customer_support_resources/Code42_security_advisories/Arbitrary_code_execution_on_local_Windows_devices
• https://support.code42.com/Terms_and_conditions/Code42_customer_support_resources/Code42_security_advisories
• https://support.code42.com/Terms_and_conditions/Code42_customer_support_resources/Code42_security_advisories/Arbitrary_code_execution_on_local_Windows_devices

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