CVE-2017-12480 describes a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Sandboxie installer (version 5071703). An attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious dwmapi.dll or profapi.dll file in the AppData\Local\Temp directory, leading to the execution of arbitrary code. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires local access and has a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5071703CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sandboxie:sandboxie_installer:5071703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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