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CVE-2017-5170

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2018-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer, Version 3.30.3122 and prior versions. An uncontrolled search path element (DLL Hijacking) vulnerability has been identified. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could rename a malicious DLL to meet the criteria of the application, and the application would not verify that the DLL is correct. The attacker needs to have administrative access to the default install location in order to plant the insecure DLL. Once loaded by the application, the DLL could run malicious code at the privilege level of the application.

Affected products

• Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer: through 3.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100208
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-220-02
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100208
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-220-02

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