A vulnerability has been discovered in KeePass Password Safe, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application loading libraries (e.g. DwmApi.dll) in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into e.g. opening a KeePass Password Database (.kdbx) file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.12. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Update to version 2.13.

Provided and/or discovered by
Reported by an unknown person.

Changelog
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Original Advisory
KeePass:
http://www.keepass.info/news/n100906_2.13.html

Peter Van Eeckhoutte:
http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/

Other references
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Alternate/detailed remediation
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