Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2018
CVE-2017-2744
The vulnerability allows attacker to extract binaries into protected file system locations in HP Support Assistant before 12.7.26.1
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The vulnerability allows attacker to extract binaries into protected file system locations in HP Support Assistant before 12.7.26.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Support Assistant · HP
before 12.7.26.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2744
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2744
Vendor Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05648974
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