CVE-2017-2157

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)" Ver3.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)", The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software" Ver2.6 and earlier that were available until April 27, 2017 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

Jpki The Public Certification Service For Individuals: through 2.6; through 3.1

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39605485/index.html
https://www.jpki.go.jp/download/win.html#dl
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39605485/index.html
https://www.jpki.go.jp/download/win.html#dl

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