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CVE-2017-2189

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2189 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting the RW-4040 driver installer for Windows 7, version 2.27. An attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sharp:rw-4040:2.27:*:*:*:*:windows_7:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
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
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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

jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN51274854/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/99290
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry