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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-2253

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Yahoo!

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.08%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Yahoo! Toolbar (for Internet explorer) v8.0.0.6 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to June 13, 2017, 18:18:55 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
1.08% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-426
Affected
yahoo/toolbar
Source
vultures@jpcert.or.jp

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.