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.

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.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sandboxie Sandboxie_installer — versions 5071703
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

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.