What is CVE-2017-7884?

CVE-2017-7884 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apcupsd Apc Ups Daemon, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-7884?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apcupsd Apc Ups Daemon

CVE-2017-7884

In Adam Kropelin adk0212 APC UPS Daemon through 3.14.14, the default installation of APCUPSD allows a local authenticated, but unprivileged, user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges by replacing the service executable apcupsd.exe with a malicious executable that will run with SYSTEM privileges at startup. This occurs because of "RW NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" permissions for %SYSTEMDRIVE%\apcupsd\bin\apcupsd.exe.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apcupsd Apc_ups_daemon
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7884?: CVE-2017-7884 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apcupsd Apc Ups Daemon, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-7884?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.