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CVE-2022-32168

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CVE-2022-32168

Published: Sep 28, 2022

Modified: May 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.

VendorProductVersions

notepad-plus-plus

notepad-plus-plus

affected
v8.3 - < unspecified
affected
unspecified - <= v8.4.4

Weaknesses (CWE)

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