CVE-2017-2209
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool ver3.0.2 (For the first installation) (The version…
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- Updated
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- jpcert
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool ver3.0.2 (For the first installation) (The version which was available on the website from 2017 April 4 to 2017 May 18) and ver2.0 and later (For the first installation) (The versions which were available on the website prior to 2017 April 4) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jpcert
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Untrusted search path vulnerability
- CWE-426 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-426 and its CVEs
Affected products
Ministry of the Environment · Installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool
- affected ver3.0.2(For the first installation) (The version which was available on the website from 2017 April 4 to 2017 May 18)
- affected ver2.0 and later(For new installations) (The versions which were available on the website prior to 2017 April 4)
References (4)
- http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/files/system/report_20170529_rev.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/tool (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- JVN#24087303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- http://ghg-santeikohyo.env.go.jp/files/system/report_20170526.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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