CVE-2017-2157 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-2157

Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers for The Public Certification...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)" Ver3.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)", The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software" Ver2.6 and earlier that were available until April 27, 2017 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems

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Affected Software

Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)", Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)", Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software"
Vulnerable Versions:
Ver3.1 and earlier that was available until April 27, 2017, available until April 27, 2017, Ver2.6 and earlier that was available until April 27, 2017

Timeline

Official Publish: May 12th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.