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CVE-2017-12480 (GCVE-0-2017-12480)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-06 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:36
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Summary
Sandboxie installer 5071703 has a DLL Hijacking or Unsafe DLL Loading Vulnerability via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or profapi.dll file in an AppData\Local\Temp directory.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2017-08-05 00:00
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