CVE-2017-2233 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin (G2.30) and earlier, distributed till June 29, 2017 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

The Ministry of Justice

Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`(G2.30) and earlier, distributed till June 29, 2017`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:moj:pdf_digital_signature:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-11416	Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin (G2.30) and earlier, distributed till June 29, 2017 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 Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00136.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45134765/index.html

History

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Subscriptions

Moj Pdf Digital Signature

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:04.376Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-2233

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-07T13:29:01.193

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

Link: CVE-2017-2233

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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