CVE-2017-2247 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in self-extracting archives created by Lhaz version 2.4.0 and earlier. An attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, leading to privilege escalation when a user executes the archive. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:chitora:lhaz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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