{"id":"CVE-2017-2157","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2157","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:33:10.350Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers for The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)\" Ver3.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software…","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers for The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)\" Ver3.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)\", The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software\" Ver2.6 and earlier that were available until April 27, 2017 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.","published":"2017-05-12T18:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:15:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["jpki/the public certification service for individuals"],"epss":{"score":0.00505,"percentile":0.42973,"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 (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39605485/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www.jpki.go.jp/download/win.html#dl","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39605485/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.jpki.go.jp/download/win.html#dl","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2157","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."}