VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-2209

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.09%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool ver3.0.2 (For the first installation) (The version which was available on the website from 2017 April 4 to 2017 May 18) and ver2.0 and later (For the first installation) (The versions which were available on the website prior to 2017 April 4) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.09% probability · 65th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-426
Affected: santeikohyo/installer of houkokusyo sakusei shien tool
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.1% 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://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/files/system/report_20170526.pdfVendor Advisory
http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/files/system/report_20170529_rev.pdfVendor Advisory
http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/toolVendor Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN24087303/index.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/files/system/report_20170526.pdfVendor Advisory
http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/files/system/report_20170529_rev.pdfVendor Advisory
http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/toolVendor Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN24087303/index.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.