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Windows 7 ESU Analysis Updates
The original Windows 7 ESU Analysis can be found here. With the September 2020 Cumulative Update, the technique as described no longer works to install this update. However, only slight modifications need to be made in order for this new update to also install.
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Windows 7 ESU Patching
With the May 2020 Windows 7 updates, I went on a mission to determine the minimum set of updates needed to enable all features within Windows 7, including optional hotfixes, and to have the most up-to-date installation possible. After extensive testing, I concluded that 42 updates not offered through Windows Update would need to be installed to reach this objective. The following sections describe the updates required and provide links to each.
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CVE-2022-36415
A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the uninstaller in Scooter Beyond Compare 1.8a through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3 when installed via the EXE installer. The uninstaller attempts to load DLLs out of a Windows Temp folder. If a standard user places malicious DLLs in the C:\Windows\Temp\ folder, and then the uninstaller is run as SYSTEM, the DLLs will execute with elevated privileges.
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CVE-2022-36414
There is an elevation of privilege breakout vulnerability in the Windows EXE installer in Scooter Beyond Compare 4.2.0 through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3. Affected versions allow a logged-in user to run applications with elevated privileges via the Clipboard Compare tray app after installation.
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CVE-2022-30570
The Column Based Security component of TIBCO Software Inc.’s TIBCO Data Virtualization and TIBCO Data Virtualization for AWS Marketplace contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with network access to obtain read access to application information on the affected system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.’s TIBCO Data Virtualization: versions 8.5.2 and below and TIBCO Data Virtualization for AWS Marketplace: versions 8.5.2 and below.