CVE-2023-4770 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-4770

Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability in 4D and 4D Windows Server

Vulnerability Description

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability has been found on 4D and 4D server Windows executables applications, affecting version 19 R8 100218. This vulnerability consists in a DLL hijacking by replacing x64 shfolder.dll in the installation path, causing an arbitrary code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Alexander Huamán Jaimes (@zanganox)

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

4D.exe, 4D Server.exe
Vulnerable Versions:
19 R8 100218

Timeline

Official Publish: November 30th, 2023
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)