CVE-2022-36415: Scootersoftware Beyond Compare

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Scootersoftware Beyond Compare: from 1.8a, before 4.4.3 (fixed in 4.4.3)

Published 2022-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.