CVE-2023-53937

Hubstaff 1.6.14 DLL Search Order Hijacking via wow64log Library

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-427

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

18 Dec 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Hubstaff 1.6.14 contains a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to replace a missing system32 wow64log.dll with a malicious library. Attackers can generate a custom DLL using Metasploit and place it in the system32 directory to obtain a reverse shell during application startup.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Hubstaff · Hubstaff

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References

https://hubstaff.com/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51461 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hubstaff-dll-search-order-hijacking-via-wowlog-library