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CVE-2023-53937high8.5

Hubstaff 1.6.13 and 1.6.14 DLL Search Order Hijacking via wow64log Library

Impact

Hubstaff versions 1.6.13 and 1.6.14 have a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability, allowing attackers to replace a missing system32 wow64log.dll with a malicious library. Attackers need access to the system32 directory. The stated impact is obtaining a reverse shell during application startup.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

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Hubstaff

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affected

1.6.13

1.6.14

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unknown

Original source description

Hubstaff 1.6.13 and 1.6.14 contain 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.

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CVE-2023-53937

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-427 ↗

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Environment requirements

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Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:hubstaff:hubstaff:1.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:hubstaff:hubstaff:1.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Original applicability statements
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]
Contributing organizations · 2
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Assigning organization

2026-10-29
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2025-12-18

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References

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hubstaff.com/
vendor-advisoryVulnCheck
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51461
exploitVulnCheck
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hubstaff-dll-search-order-hijacking-via-wowlog-library
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