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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-16143

The seafile-client client 7.0.8 for Seafile is vulnerable to DLL hijacking because it loads exchndl.dll from the current working directory.

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CVE-2020-16143
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31 Oct 2026, 10:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-16143

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jul 2020, 22:15 UTC

The seafile-client client 7.0.8 for Seafile is vulnerable to DLL hijacking because it loads exchndl.dll from the current working directory.

osv:CVE-2020-16143
Complete source record
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  "id": "eba545a1ae7196d9e4afe711289ea975c888e4d946bb649431c6e2a7ab157f7a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16143",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-16143",
    "summary": "The seafile-client client 7.0.8 for Seafile is vulnerable to DLL hijacking because it loads exchndl.dll from the current working directory.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-16143",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-16143",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-16143"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/haiwen/seafile-client",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "71219b96716bee2319b5b9edc75e1e963ad0105b"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "71219b96716bee2319b5b9edc75e1e963ad0105b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:seafile:seafile-client:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:seafile:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.0.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "7.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "7.0.8",
            "v7.0.8-testing",
            "v7.0.8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16143.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:59.481837080Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/haiwen/seafile-client/issues/1309"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-16143",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383191,
  "published_at": "2020-07-29T22:15:12.277+00:00"
}