CVE-2017-11742

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    CVE-2017-11742

    Published: 30 Jul 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The writeRandomBytes_RtlGenRandom function in xmlparse.c in libexpat in Expat 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ADVAPI32.DLL in the current working directory because of an untrusted search path, aka DLL hijacking.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100147, https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/82

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c4446687cfc6c5fd7f6371aeaf24c69402a3589e
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.1
    2.2.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2017-11742 | CVE-DB