CVE-2017-11742
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11742
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-11742.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-11742
- Published
- 2017-07-30T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-20T10:48:01Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The writeRandomBytes_RtlGenRandom function in xmlparse.c in libexpat in Expat 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ADVAPI32.DLL in the current working directory because of an untrusted search path, aka DLL hijacking.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libexpat/libexpat
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
- Events
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IntroducedLast Affected
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "extracted_events": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "2.2.1" }, { "last_affected": "2.2.1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "2.2.2" }, { "last_affected": "2.2.2" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" } ] }