{"id":"CVE-2017-20123","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20123","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:35.472Z","title":"A vulnerability was found in Viscosity 1.6.7.","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.","published":"2022-06-30T05:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:15:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-426","CWE-427"],"affected":["sparklabs/viscosity"],"epss":{"score":0.01295,"percentile":0.7017,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/tree/master/Viscosity","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.96639","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://www.sparklabs.com/blog/viscosity-for-mac-windows-version-1-6-8/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/tree/master/Viscosity","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.96639","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.sparklabs.com/blog/viscosity-for-mac-windows-version-1-6-8/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20123","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}