CVE-2017-20123
A vulnerability was found in Viscosity 1.6.7.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in Viscosity 1.6.7. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.6.8 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.29% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426, CWE-427
- Affected
- sparklabs/viscosity
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/tree/master/ViscosityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.96639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sparklabs.com/blog/viscosity-for-mac-windows-version-1-6-8/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/tree/master/ViscosityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.96639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sparklabs.com/blog/viscosity-for-mac-windows-version-1-6-8/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.