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CVE-2017-7293

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7293 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Dolby Audio X2 (DAX2) and Dolby Audio X3 (DAX3) API services, allowing a standard user to gain arbitrary system privileges due to vulnerable .NET code in DCOM. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this local attack requires low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-41933) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dolby:dolby_audio_x2:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dolby:dolby_audio_x2:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dolby:dolby_audio_x2:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dolby:dolby_audio_x2:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dolby:dolby_audio_x2:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41933 · Apr 25, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41933
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry