CVE-2017-6189
Published Mar 15, 2017
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Untrusted search path vulnerability in Amazon Kindle for PC before 1.19 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of the Kindle Setup installer.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.3
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.3
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.4
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-426
Configurations
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{
"negate": false,
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{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:amazon:kindle_for_pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "D758ADA6-8BE8-4482-A168-686E63E324F2",
"versionEndIncluding": "1.17.44183"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]