CVE-2020-7360: Philips SmartControl DLL Hijacking

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in SmartControl version 4.3.15 and versions released before April 15, 2020 may allow an authenticated user to escalate privileges by placing a specially crafted DLL file in the search path. This issue was fixed in version 1.0.7, which was released after April 15, 2020. (Note, the version numbering system changed significantly between version 4.3.15 and version 1.0.7.)

Affected products

Philips SmartControl: through 4.3.15

References

https://blog.vonahi.io/when-the-path-to-system-is-wide-open/
https://blog.vonahi.io/when-the-path-to-system-is-wide-open/

Get alerted when CVE-2020-7360 or the next vulnerability affects your stack