Vulnerability in Sandboxie Installer

CVE-2017-12480

Sandboxie installer 5071703 has a DLL Hijacking or Unsafe DLL Loading Vulnerability via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or profapi.dll file in an AppData\Local\Temp directory.

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CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 62nd percentile — 62.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-12480: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12480?
CVE-2017-12480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sandboxie Installer, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-12480?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12480 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.