CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Description: The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.
This might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the product uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted product would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the product trusts. Some of the most common variants of untrusted search path are:

Common Consequences: Scope: Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability, Access Control
Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Notes: There is the potential for arbitrary code execution with privileges of the vulnerable program.
Scope: Availability
Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Notes: The program could be redirected to the wrong files, potentially triggering a crash or hang when the targeted file is too large or does not have the expected format.
Scope: Confidentiality
Impact: Read Files or Directories
Notes: The program could send the output of unauthorized files to the attacker.