CVE-2017-17466 describes a local privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability in TG Soft Vir.IT eXplorer Lite version 8.5.42, affecting the Viragtlt driver. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows a local attacker to achieve arbitrary write capabilities by sending a crafted DeviceIoControl request (0x82730088). While the potential impact includes full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tgsoft:vir.it_explorer:8.5.42:*:*:*:lite:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.