What is CVE-2017-10887?

CVE-2017-10887 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bookwalker Book Walker, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-10887?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bookwalker Book Walker

CVE-2017-10887

Untrusted search path vulnerability in BOOK WALKER for Windows Ver.1.2.9 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published 2017-11-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bookwalker Book Walker
Book Walker Co.,ltd. For Windows — versions Ver.1.2.9 and earlier
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

bookwalker.jp/info/message20171113_pc_app/ (Vendor Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN18420340/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10887?: CVE-2017-10887 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bookwalker Book Walker, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-10887?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.