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CVE-2017-6189 (GCVE-0-2017-6189)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25
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Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Amazon Kindle for PC before 1.19 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of the Kindle Setup installer.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-02-28 00:00
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