DLL high jacking in Trellix Agent

published 2022-07-27 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34583

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the MA Smart Installer for Windows prior to 5.7.7, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and obtain higher privileges via careful placement of a malicious DLL into the folder from where the Smart installer is being executed.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Trellix Trellix Agent (TA) 5.7.7

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Trellix Trellix Agent (TA)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

kcm.trellix.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10385&actp=null&viewlocale=en_US&showDraft=false&platinum_status=false&loca

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-2313
NVD CVE-2022-2313

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Summary