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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2017-2157 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windo…

published 2017-05-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11340

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)"
  • Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)"
  • Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software"

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.