CVE-2017-2286 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting various versions of Sony NFC Port Software and related applications. An attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, leading to privilege escalation. This is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requiring user interaction, but if successful, it grants high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sony:nfc_port_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.3.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sony:nfc_port_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sony:pc\/sc_activator_for_type_b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sony:sfcard_viewer_2:2.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sony:nfc_net_installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.