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calibre-launcher.dll

calibre-launcher.dll — Sideloading hijacking (Calibre)

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calibre-launcher.dll
calibre-launcher.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.defenseevasion.dll-hijack

Documentation

examples:

  • description: "Place malicious calibre-launcher.dll in the search order location" command: "copy malicious.dll "%PROGRAMFILES%\Calibre2\calibre-launcher.dll""
  • description: "Execute the vulnerable binary to trigger the hijack" command: ""calibre.exe""

calibre-launcher.dll

Vendor: Calibre

Expected Location: %PROGRAMFILES%\Calibre2

Vulnerable Executables:

  • calibre.exe (Sideloading)

Acknowledgement: Jai Minton

Acknowledgement: Craig Sweeney

References