CVE-2017-17069 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Amazon Audible for Windows prior to November 2017, where an attacker can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious dwmapi.dll file in the same directory as ActiveSetupN.exe. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, though it requires user interaction and local access to exploit. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< november2017CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:audible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.