Experts say that executable files, Windows INI files and some other file types can be used in these same attacks. Researchers at Acros Security said in a blog post that they had seen EXE files affected by the problem. The attack scenario would be similar to the way that the DLL-hijacking bug can be exploited, although researchers say that most of the scenarios for using EXE file in these attacks aren t realistic for real-world attacks. The DLL bug first came to light more than 10 years ago, but it gained prominence late last month when security researcher HD Moore released details of the bug.
Source: https://threatpost.com/executables-other-files-can-be-used-attacks-similar-dll-hijacking-091010/74450/