🛡️ CVE-2026-41447

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-426 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

FirmaCheck for Windows before 1.3.16 contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing a crafted openssl.cnf file in the unvalidated C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL\ directory path. Attackers can write a malicious OpenSSL configuration file referencing an attacker-controlled DLL to achieve code execution at startup process privilege level when FirmaCheck.exe runs automatically at system startup.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-41447 is classified as CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path. The product resolves a library or executable using a search path an attacker can influence.

Affected software

CVE-2026-41447 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 3 August 2026 and last revised on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.vulncheck.com
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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-426
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-03
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown — —

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