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CVE-2020-18171

8.8 HIGH

TechSmith Snagit 19.1.0.2653 uses Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which can allow attackers to obfuscate and embed crafted files used ...

Published: 2021-07-26 · Last updated: 2026-06-10

Severity and scoring

CVSS
8.8 HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-269

Affected products

VendorProduct
techsmithsnagit

Description

TechSmith Snagit 19.1.0.2653 uses Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which can allow attackers to obfuscate and embed crafted files used to escalate privileges. NOTE: This implies that Snagit's use of OLE is a security vulnerability unto itself and it is not. See reference document for more details.

Source: NVD

References

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