CVE-2017-5873 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the guest service in Unisys s-Par before 4.4.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.

Published: 2017-04-11

Score: 6.7 Medium

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:unisys:secure_partitioning:4.3.403:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:unisys:secure_partitioning:4.4.19:::::::*

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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-2017-14948	Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the guest service in Unisys s-Par before 4.4.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://public.support.unisys.com/common/public/vulnerability/NVD_Detail_Rpt.aspx?ID=41

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Unisys Secure Partitioning

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-11T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:48.903Z

Reserved: 2017-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5873

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-11T15:59:00.293

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

Link: CVE-2017-5873

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-428

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