CVE-2017-2225 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in EbidSettingChecker.exe (version 1.0.0.0) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published: 2017-07-07

Score: 9.8 Critical

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

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

EbidSettingChecker.exe

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`(version 1.0.0.0)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mext:ebidsettingchecker:1.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-11408	Untrusted search path vulnerability in EbidSettingChecker.exe (version 1.0.0.0) 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 Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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 0.00579.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN01775119/index.html
http://portal.ebid.mext.go.jp/top/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mext Ebidsettingchecker

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:04.480Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-2225

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-07T13:29:00.833

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

Link: CVE-2017-2225

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-426

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