CVE-2016-20061: Unquoted Search Path or Element

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to...

CVE-2016-20056: Unquoted Search Path or Element

Spy Emergency build 23.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the SpyEmrgHealth and SpyEmrgSrv services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by inserting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the unquoted service path and trigger service...

CVE-2026-34768: Unquoted Search Path or Element

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on Windows, app.setLoginItemSettingsopenAtLogin: true wrote the executable path to the Run registry key without quoting. If the app ...

CVE-2020-37216

CVE-2020-37216 affects Hirschmann Industrial HiVision, specifically versions 08.1.03 before 08.1.04 and 08.2.00 . The issue is an untrusted search path vulnerability that lets local attackers execute arbitrary binaries by placing a malicious binary in the path of a configured external application...

CVE-2020-37216 Hirschmann HiOS EtherNet/IP Stack Denial of Service

Hirschmann HiOS devices versions prior to 08.1.00 and 07.1.01 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the EtherNet/IP stack where improper handling of packet length fields allows remote attackers to crash or hang the device. Attackers can send specially crafted UDP EtherNet/IP packets with a...

JLSEC-2026-40

schemaelement defeats protective searchpath changes; It was found that certain database calls in PostgreSQL could permit an authed attacker with elevated database-level privileges to execute arbitrary code...

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element via environment variable overrides of compiler binaries during approved host execution requests. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by substituting...

Unquoted Search Path or Element

Overview electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unquoted Search Path or Element in the app.setLoginItemSettings function on Windows when the executable path is written to...

Unquoted Search Path or Element

Overview org.webjars.npm:electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unquoted Search Path or Element in the app.setLoginItemSettings function on Windows when the executable pat...

PT-2026-32451

It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search path safely in their installation script. An attacker with sufficient privileges could use this flaw to trick an administrator into executing a specially crafted script, during the installation or update of such extension. This affec...

PT-2026-32465

schema element defeats protective search path changes; It was found that certain database calls in PostgreSQL could permit an authed attacker with elevated database-level privileges to execute arbitrary code...

Foxit PDF Reader Update Service Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Foxit Reader...

CVE-2026-5271 Possible to hijack modules in current working directory

pymanager included the current working directory in sys.path meaning modules could be shadowed by modules in the current working directory. As a result, if a user executes a pymanager-generated command e.g., pip, pytest from an attacker-controlled directory, a malicious module in that directory c...

CVE-2026-5271

CVE-2026-5271 concerns the Python tool pymanager, where the current working directory is added to sys.path. The underlying issue is that modules in the attacker-controlled directory can shadow intended packages, enabling a malicious module to be imported and executed when pymanager-generated comm...

CVE-2026-3775

The application's update service, when checking for updates, loads certain system libraries from a search path that includes directories writable by low‑privileged users and is not strictly restricted to trusted system locations. Because these libraries may be resolved and loaded from user‑writab...

CVE-2026-3775 Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Update Service Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The application's update service, when checking for updates, loads certain system libraries from a search path that includes directories writable by low‑privileged users and is not strictly restricted to trusted system locations. Because these libraries may be resolved and loaded from user‑writab...

CVE-2026-3775 Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Update Service Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The application's update service, when checking for updates, loads certain system libraries from a search path that includes directories writable by low‑privileged users and is not strictly restricted to trusted system locations. Because these libraries may be resolved and loaded from user‑writab...

CVE-2026-3775

CVE-2026-3775 affects Foxit PDF Editor/Reader (update service) and is due to the update check loading system libraries from a path that includes user-writable directories, not restricted to trusted system locations. This allows a local attacker with low privileges to place a malicious library tha...

Untrusted Search Path

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path via the loading of .env files from the current working directory before trusted configuration is applied. An attacker can override runtime configuration and...

CVE-2026-5271: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

pymanager included the current working directory in sys.path meaning modules could be shadowed by modules in the current working directory. As a result, if a user executes a pymanager-generated command e.g., pip, pytest from an attacker-controlled directory, a malicious module in that directory c...