CVE-2017-2157

HIGH

The Public Certification Service - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.jpki.go.jp/download/win.html#dl

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39605485/index.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3

EPSS 0.0050

EPSS Percentile 39.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (6)

Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems/Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)" Ver3.1 and earlier that was available until April 27, 2017

Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems/Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)" available until April 27, 2017

Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems/Installer for The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software" Ver2.6 and earlier that was available until April 27, 2017

jpki/the_public_certification_service_for_individuals

jpki/the_public_certification_service_for_individuals < 2.6

jpki/the_public_certification_service_for_individuals < 3.1

Published May 12, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026