DLL Hijacking in Google Earth Pro Windows installer
CVE-2020-8895

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Google
Status
Earth Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 April 2020

What is CVE-2020-8895?

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in the windows installer of Google Earth Pro versions prior to 7.3.3 allows an attacker to insert malicious local files to execute unauthenticated remote code on the targeted system.

Affected Version(s)

Earth Pro Windows < 7.3.3

References

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/40901?hl=en
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Daniel DĂ­ez Tainta
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CVE-2020-8895 : DLL Hijacking in Google Earth Pro Windows installer