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CVE-2017-7690

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7690 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Proxifier for Mac versions prior to 2.19.2. This flaw allows a local attacker, during the application's initial run, to replace the KLoader binary with a malicious program, thereby gaining elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV or Hot List, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.19.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proxifier:proxifier:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43225 · Dec 6, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

m4.rkw.io / blog/cve20177690-local-root-privesc-in-proxifier-for-mac-219.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43225
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry