CVE-2018-6475
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn SUPERAntiSpyware Professional Trial 6.0.1254, SUPERAntiSpyware.exe allows DLL hijacking, leading to Escalation of Privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSUPERAntiSpyware.exe version 6.0.1254 is vulnerable to DLL hijacking, where the application loads Dynamic Link Libraries from an insecure path (likely the current working directory or a writable location). An attacker can place a malicious DLL in this location, causing it to be loaded with the application's privileges, leading to Escalation of Privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.0.1254CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed SuperAntiSpyware versionOpen Programs and Features (Windows) or check the installation directory for version information, or right-click SUPERAntiSpyware.exe and view Properties > DetailsAffected if Version shown is exactly 6.0.1254
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Locate SUPERAntiSpyware.exe on the systemSearch for the file using File Explorer search or command: where /r C:\ SUPERAntiSpyware.exeAffected if The executable exists on the system at any location
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Verify DLL search path vulnerabilityRun Process Monitor (from Sysinternals) with filter for SUPERAntiSpyware.exe, then launch the application. Look for any DLL loads from paths other than the Windows system directories (C:\Windows\System32, C:\Windows\SysWOW64)Affected if DLL load events show paths like the current working directory, user profile, or application directory being searched before system directories
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Check executable location for writeable statusRight-click the folder containing SUPERAntiSpyware.exe, go to Properties > Security, and verify which users have Write/modify permissionsAffected if Non-admin users have Write permission to the directory containing SUPERAntiSpyware.exe, allowing them to place a malicious DLL
You are affected if SuperAntiSpyware version 6.0.1254 is installed AND the application loads DLLs from user-writable paths or is run from a directory where unprivileged users can place files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemediate by ensuring SUPERAntiSpyware.exe loads DLLs only from secure, trusted paths using full path specifications and removing unsafe DLL search paths, or update to a patched version if available.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-6475 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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