CVE-2018-16189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-Extracting Archives created by UNLHA32.DLL prior to Ver 3.00 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published: 2019-02-13

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Micco

Self-Extracting Archives created by UNLHA32.DLL

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`prior to Ver 3.00`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:micco:unlha32.dll:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8043	Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-Extracting Archives created by UNLHA32.DLL prior to Ver 3.00 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00255.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52168232/index.html
http://micco.mars.jp/vul/2017/mhsvi20170515_01.htm

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00329}`	epss `{'score': 0.00255}`

Subscriptions

Micco Unlha32.dll

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2019-02-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.404Z

Reserved: 2018-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16189

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-13T18:29:00.447

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:15.377

Link: CVE-2018-16189

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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