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Vendor Solution
Upgrade TightVNC for Windows to version 2.8.88 or later.
Vendor Workaround
Ensure the TightVNC installation directory and every directory on the system PATH are writable only by administrators.
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| Description | An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in GlavSoft TightVNC Server for Windows before 2.8.88 allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. DynamicLibrary::init() (and ThemeLib) load screenhooks32.dll / screenhooks64.dll with LoadLibrary() using a bare file name and no LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_* flags, so the TightVNC service follows the default DLL search order and loads an attacker-planted DLL from a writable directory earlier in that order (for example, an installation directory with permissive ACLs). | |
| Title | DLL search order hijacking via screenhooks libraries in TightVNC Server | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-427 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: securin
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-08T14:00:27.042Z
Reserved: 2026-10-08T13:23:07.677Z
Link: CVE-2026-107615
Updated: 2026-10-08T14:00:12.403Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-08T14:16:50.313
Modified: 2026-10-08T21:10:00.133
Link: CVE-2026-107615
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-08T16:15:14Z
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CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element