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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2018-17980 EUVD-2018-9720GHSA-pvq8-5g9r-pf72

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same d…

Published Oct 15, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is executed. (The directory could, in general, be on a local filesystem or a network share.).

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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