CVE-2017-10820 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting the installer of IP Messenger for Windows versions 4.60 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, leading to privilege escalation. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.60CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipa:ip_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.