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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2017-9644 json

An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 6.5 and prior;…

published 2017-08-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18575

cvss
7.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 6.5 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.2 and prior. An unquoted search path vulnerability may allow a non-privileged local attacker to change files in the installation directory and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-234-01 updated cvss 4.2

Automated Logic Corporation WebCTRL, i-VU, SiteScan

  • Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL i-Vu <= 6.0 Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL i-Vu SiteScan Web <= 6.5, <= 5.5, <= 5.2 Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL SiteScan Web <= 6.1
    affected: mitigation “ALC applications should always be installed and maintained in accordance with the guidelines found here:”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42542)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42542 Automated Logic WebCTRL 6.5 - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2017-08-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Automated Logic Corporation WebCTRL, i-VU, SiteScan

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

Sources

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