A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published: 2019-07-02T18:31:23.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-14T06:35:43.420Z
Reserved: 2019-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-5443
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-07-02T19:15:10.790
Modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:54.880
Link: CVE-2019-5443