CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-2209

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool has an untrusted search path vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious threat to the security of the system and the organization's data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of the tool and to monitor and restrict access to directories where malicious files may reside.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool ver3.0.2 (For the first installation) (The version which was available on the website from 2017 April 4 to 2017 May 18) and ver2.0 and later (For the first installation) (The versions which were available on the website prior to 2017 April 4) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS