CVE-2026-7279
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 · uneditedAVACAST developed by eMPIA Technology, has a DLL Hijacking vulnerability, allowing authenticated local attackers to place a malicious DLL in a specific directory, resulting in arbitrary code execution with system privileges when the system loads the DLL.
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 confidenceAVACAST by eMPIA Technology contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability where an authenticated local attacker can place a malicious DLL in a specific directory that the application searches when loading libraries. When the application runs, it loads this attacker-controlled DLL with system privileges, enabling arbitrary code execution.
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CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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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Detect AVACAST installationSearch for AVACAST or eMPIA Technology software in installed programs list, Program Files, Program Files (x86), and common application directoriesAffected if AVACAST by eMPIA Technology is present on the system
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Check application privilege levelExamine how AVACAST is configured to run - check if it runs as a Windows service, scheduled task, or startup process and review the account it runs under (SYSTEM, LocalService, Administrator, or standard user)Affected if AVACAST runs with SYSTEM or Administrator level privileges
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Identify DLL search directoriesUse process monitoring tools or analyze the application binary to determine which directories it searches when loading DLLs, including the application directory, current directory, and system pathsAffected if The application loads DLLs from directories that are writable by lower-privileged users
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Audit directory write permissionsReview file system permissions on all directories in the DLL search path for AVACAST, focusing on the application installation folder and any user-writable locationsAffected if Non-administrative users have write access to any directory in AVACAST's DLL search order
The environment is affected if AVACAST by eMPIA Technology is installed, runs with elevated privileges, and allows authenticated local users to place malicious DLLs in directories the application searches for libraries.
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 dataRestrict write permissions on directories where the application loads DLLs from, implement secure DLL loading using absolute paths or DLL search order elimination, and consider digital signature verification for loaded libraries.
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