What is CVE-2017-2221?

CVE-2017-2221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Baidu Ime, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-2221?

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

Vulnerability in Baidu Ime

CVE-2017-2221

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Baidu IME Ver3.6.1.6 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published 2017-08-04 · 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 (63.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.8% 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

Baidu Ime
Baidu Japan Inc. Installer Of Ime — versions Ver3.6.1.6 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17788774/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2221?: CVE-2017-2221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Baidu Ime, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-2221?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.