CVE-2017-11657 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Dashlane, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. By placing a malicious WINHTTP.dll file in the %APPDATA%\Dashlane directory, an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Dashlane application. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.3 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity requiring user interaction. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code (EDB-44066) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dashlane:dashlane:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.