CVE-2022-36415 Information

Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the uninstaller in Scooter Beyond Compare 1.8a through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3 when installed via the EXE installer. The uninstaller attempts to load DLLs out of a Windows Temp folder. If a standard user places malicious DLLs in the C:\Windows\Temp\ folder and then the uninstaller is run as SYSTEM the DLLs will execute with elevated privileges.

Reference

https://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_security_2022-02

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