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CVE-2024-11859

DLL Search Order Hijacking in ESET products for Windows

Published: Apr 7, 2025Updated: Apr 16, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-427
NVD MITRE
6.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 24.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker with administrator privileges to load a malicious dynamic-link library and execute its code.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
H
I:HIntegrity
H
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-427

Affected Products

ESET NOD32 AntivirusESET, spol. s r.o.
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
ESET Internet SecurityESET, spol. s r.o.
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
ESET Smart Security PremiumESET, spol. s r.o.
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
ESET Security UltimateESET, spol. s r.o.
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
ESET Endpoint Antivirus for WindowsESET, spol. s r.o.
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
eset, spol. s r.o.commercialSKSecurity Productsaka eset, eset internet security, eset nod32 antivirus
and 17 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://support.eset.com/en/ca8810-dll-search-order-hijacking-vulnerability-in-eset-products-for-windows-fixed
support.eset.com
https://securelist.com/toddycat-apt-exploits-vulnerability-in-eset-software-for-dll-proxying/116086/
securelist.com
https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/new-tcesb-malware-found-in-active.html
thehackernews.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 7, 2025
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2025

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