What is CVE-2017-11748?

CVE-2017-11748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softonic Spider Player, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-11748?

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

Vulnerability in Softonic Spider Player

CVE-2017-11748

VIT Spider Player 2.5.3 has an untrusted search path, allowing DLL hijacking via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll, olepro32.dll, dsound.dll, or AUDIOSES.dll file.

Published 2017-07-30 · 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: 0.008 (57.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Softonic Spider Player — versions 2.5.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

blog.pentest.space/2017/07/spider-player-253-unsafe-dll-loading.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11748?: CVE-2017-11748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softonic Spider Player, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-11748?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.