CVE-2017-2225

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in EbidSettingChecker.exe (version 1.0.0.0) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) EbidSettingChecker.exe: 1.0.0.0

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN01775119/index.html
http://portal.ebid.mext.go.jp/top/
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN01775119/index.html
http://portal.ebid.mext.go.jp/top/

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