CVE-2017-2218 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of QuickTime for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published: 2017-07-07

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

Apple

Installer of QuickTime for Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`all versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11401	Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of QuickTime for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

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 Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00206.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94771799/index.html
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL837?viewlocale=en_US

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Quicktime

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2017-07-07T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:04.370Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2218

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-07T13:29:00.647

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

Link: CVE-2017-2218

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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