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Fence ExplorerApplication · Fujitsu

CVE-2017-10855

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-09-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.4.1 or later.
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81/100
Remediation priority · High
No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Untrusted search path vulnerability in FENCE-Explorer for Windows V8.4.1 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Untrusted search path vulnerability in FENCE-Explorer for Windows allows an attacker to place a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory that gets loaded by the application, enabling privilege escalation.

MitigationUpdate to a patched version of FENCE-Explorer (V8.4.2 or later) that addresses the DLL search path issue, or ensure no untrusted directories are accessible to the application.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Fence ExplorerApplication
Affected:<= 8.4.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if FENCE-Explorer is installed
    Open Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run 'Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion' to list installed programs
    Affected if Fujitsu FENCE-Explorer or similar FENCE product appears in the installed programs list
  2. Determine installed version of FENCE-Explorer
    Locate the FENCE-Explorer executable (typically in Program Files) and check its version properties, or review the version listed in Add/Remove Programs
    Affected if The displayed version number is 8.4.1 or lower
  3. Verify executable file version via PowerShell
    Use Get-ItemProperty on the FENCE-Explorer executable path (e.g., Get-ItemProperty 'C:\Program Files\Fujitsu\FENCE-Explorer\fence.exe').VersionInfo
    Affected if FileVersion returns a version <= 8.4.1

If Fujitsu FENCE-Explorer is installed with version 8.4.1 or lower, the environment is affected by this DLL search path vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.4.1
Interim mitigation

Update to a patched version of FENCE-Explorer (V8.4.2 or later) that addresses the DLL search path issue, or ensure no untrusted directories are accessible to the application.

Fix this in Fence Explorer Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA1.0 h
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