CVE-2017-10836 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Optimal Guard version 1.1.21 and earlier, allowing an attacker to achieve privilege escalation. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a Trojan horse DLL. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:optim:optimal_guard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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