What is CVE-2017-5175?

CVE-2017-5175 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-5175?

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

Vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess

CVE-2017-5175

Advantech WebAccess 8.1 and earlier contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability which may allow an attacker to run a malicious DLL file within the search path resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

Published 2018-05-09 · 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: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess
Ics-Cert Advantech Webaccess Versions 8.1 And Prior. — versions Advantech WebAccess Versions 8.1 and prior.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96210 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-045-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5175?: CVE-2017-5175 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-5175?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.