CVE-2017-2802 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-2802

An exploitable dll hijacking vulnerability exists in the poaService.exe service...

Vulnerability Description

An exploitable dll hijacking vulnerability exists in the poaService.exe service component of the Dell Precision Optimizer software version 3.5.5.0. A specifically named malicious dll file located in one of directories pointed to by the PATH environment variable will lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with local access to vulnerable system can exploit this vulnerability.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Dell
Vulnerable Versions:
Precision Tower 5810 with nvidia graphic cards. PPO Policy Processing Engine - FileVersion : 3.5.5.0 ati.dll ( PPO Monitoring Plugin ) - FileVersion : 3.5.5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 24th, 2018
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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.