High severity · published Jul 17, 2017
CVE-2017-2253
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Yahoo! Toolbar (for Internet explorer) v8.0.0.6 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to June 13, 2017, 18:18:55 allows an…
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Yahoo! Toolbar (for Internet explorer) v8.0.0.6 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to June 13, 2017, 18:18:55 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Toolbar · Yahoo
through 8.0.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2253
Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN02852421/index.html
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