CVE-2017-2253 (GCVE-0-2017-2253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 13:48
VLAI
Summary
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.
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://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN02852421/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Yahoo Japan Corporation Installer of Yahoo! Toolbar (for Internet explorer) Affected: v8.0.0.6 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to June 13, 2017, 18:18:55
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Date Public
2017-07-12 00:00
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