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CVSS 7.8 · HIGH

CVE-2026-7279

AVACAST 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.

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Analysis

AVACAST is a specialized video capture utility for eMPIA hardware and is not widely used in the general software development or infrastructure ecosystem. The vulnerability is a local DLL hijacking flaw, which poses minimal risk to the MexicoDev community's core interests in web, mobile, and backend development.

Severity

Score: 7.8(HIGH)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV: LOCAL
AC: LOW
PR: LOW
UI: NONE
S: UNCHANGED
C: HIGH
I: HIGH
A: HIGH
Weakness (CWE): CWE-427

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0001 (0.0%)
Percentile: 3.2%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Technical description

AVACAST 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.

Published: 4/28/2026, 10:16:04 AM
Last modified: 4/28/2026, 8:22:38 PM

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