CVE-2017-17069 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ActiveSetupN.exe in Amazon Audible for Windows before November 2017 allows attackers to execute arbitrary DLL code if ActiveSetupN.exe is launched from a directory where an attacker has already created a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file.

Published: 2017-12-06

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:amazon:audible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8235	ActiveSetupN.exe in Amazon Audible for Windows before November 2017 allows attackers to execute arbitrary DLL code if ActiveSetupN.exe is launched from a directory where an attacker has already created a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102044
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145202/Amazon-Audible-DLL-Hijacking.html
https://twitter.com/LionHeartRoxx/status/936338288314540032

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Amazon Audible

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-06T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:59.799Z

Reserved: 2017-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17069

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-06T05:29:00.193

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17069

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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