CVE-2017-9661

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9661
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-14 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-23 19:13:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in SIMPlight SCADA Software version 4.3.0.27 and prior. The uncontrolled search path element vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to place a malicious DLL file within the search path resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Simplight Scada All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SIMPlight SCADA Software | ICS-CERT MISC ics-cert.us-cert.gov Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591003 SIMPlight SCADA Software Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability (ICSA-17-222-01)

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