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CVE-2017-10820 (GCVE-0-2017-10820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-04 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:50
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of IP Messenger for Win 4.60 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Untrusted search path vulnerability
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://ipmsg.org/ipmsg_dll_vulnerability.html.en x_refsource_MISC
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN86724730/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
H.Shirouzu / Asahi Net, Inc. Installer of IP Messenger for Win Affected: 4.60 and earlier
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Date Public
2017-08-04 00:00
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