CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element
Description
The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.
Submission Date :
July 19, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Extended Description
If a malicious individual has access to the file system, it is possible to elevate privileges by inserting such a file as "C:\Program.exe" to be run by a privileged program making use of WinExec.
Example - 1
The following example demonstrates the weakness.
UINT errCode = WinExec( "C:\\Program Files\\Foo\\Bar", SW_SHOW );Related Weaknesses
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