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1 vulnerability found for The installer for Rakuten Kobo Desktop Application (Windows version) by Rakuten Kobo Inc.

CVE-2026-68955 (GCVE-0-2026-68955)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-14 06:35
Modified
2026-09-14 11:19
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
The installer for Rakuten Kobo Desktop Application (Windows version) insecurely loads Dynamic Link Libraries. If there is a crafted DLL at the same directory when invoking the affected installer, arbitrary code may be executed with the privileges of the user who performed the installation.
Impacted products
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