CVE-2017-2209 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool versions 3.0.2 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve privilege escalation by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, which the installer then executes. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:santeikohyo:installer_of_houkokusyo_sakusei_shien_tool:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:santeikohyo:installer_of_houkokusyo_sakusei_shien_tool:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:santeikohyo:installer_of_houkokusyo_sakusei_shien_tool:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.