CVE-2017-2253

HIGH

Yahoo! Toolbar <8.0.0.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Yahoo! Toolbar (for Internet explorer) v8.0.0.6 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to June 13, 2017, 18:18:55 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN02852421/index.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0108
EPSS Percentile 60.7%
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)
yahoo/toolbar < 8.0.0.6
Yahoo Japan Corporation/Installer of Yahoo! Toolbar (for Internet explorer) v8.0.0.6 and earlier, with its timestamp prior to June 13, 2017, 18:18:55
Published Jul 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026