CVE-2017-2189

HIGH

RW-4040 driver installer <2.27 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in RW-4040 driver installer for Windows 7 version 2.27 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99290
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51274854/index.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0115
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (2)
sharp/rw-4040 2.27
Sharp Corporation/RW-4040 driver installer for Windows 7 version 2.27
Published Jun 09, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026