CVE-2026-33156 | NickeManarin ScreenToGif up to 2.42.1 version.dll untrusted search path (GHSA-3fmj-j696-9mg2)

VDB-352121 · CVE-2026-33156 · GHSA-3FMJ-J696-9MG2 NICKEMANARIN SCREENTOGIF UP TO 2.42.1 VERSION.DLL UNTRUSTED SEARCH PATH HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 7.3 $0-$5k 1.89+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability was found in NickeManarin ScreenToGif up to 2.42.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library version.dll. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-33156. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in NickeManarin ScreenToGif up to 2.42.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function in the library version.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: ScreenToGif is a screen recording tool. In versions from 2.42.1 and prior, ScreenToGif is vulnerable to DLL sideloading via version.dll . When the portable executable is run from a user-writable directory, it loads version.dll from the application directory instead of the Windows System32 directory, allowing arbitrary code execution in the user's context. This is especially impactful because ScreenToGif is primarily distributed as a portable application intended to be run from user-writable locations. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-33156 since 03/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/20/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Productinfo Vendor NickeManarin Name ScreenToGif Version 2.42.0 2.42.1 Website Product: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3 VulDB Base Score: 7.0 VulDB Temp Score: 6.8 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 7.8 CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Untrusted search path CWE: CWE-426 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: Partially Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 03/17/2026 CVE reserved 03/20/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed 03/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 03/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-3fmj-j696-9mg2 Status: Not defined CVE: CVE-2026-33156 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-33156 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-352121 Entryinfo Created: 03/20/2026 23:26 Changes: 03/20/2026 23:26 (63) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:2C8:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸