CVE-2017-2213
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 · uneditedUntrusted search path vulnerability in SemiDynaEXE (SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE) ver. 1.0.2 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 · high confidenceUntrusted search path (DLL hijacking) vulnerability in SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE v1.0.2. The application loads DLLs from directories that can be controlled by an attacker, who can place a malicious Trojan horse DLL that gets loaded with the application's privileges, potentially achieving privilege escalation.
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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= 1.0.2CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE executableSearch the system for the file SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE using file search utilities or power shell command: Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Recurse -Filter SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE -ErrorAction SilentlyContinueAffected if The executable is found on the system
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Determine the installed version of SemiDynaEXE2008.EXERight-click the executable, select Properties, and check the Version tab for the product version, or use: (Get-Item "path\to\SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE").VersionInfoAffected if The version is reported as 1.0.2
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Verify the application loads external DLLsRun the application while monitoring DLL loading with Process Monitor (ProcMon) from Sysinternals, filtering by the process name, or check if the application directory contains external DLL dependencies that are not bundledAffected if The application loads DLLs from directories outside its installed path (e.g., system directories, working directory, or PATH locations)
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Check DLL search path configurationInspect the application for hardcoded DLL search paths or lack of SetDllDirectory usage; examine if the working directory when launching the application is user-controlledAffected if The application does not use absolute paths or SetDllDirectory to restrict DLL loading, and runs from a directory writable by other users
The user is affected if SemiDynaEXE2008.EXE version 1.0.2 is installed and loads DLLs from directories that could be controlled by an attacker.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRecompile the application to use secure DLL loading: specify absolute paths for all DLL dependencies, enable safe DLL search mode (SetDllDirectory), or embed the DLLs in the application directory and load them explicitly using full paths.
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