CVE-2017-2232
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 Installer of Shinseiyo Sogo Soft (4.8A) 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 · high confidenceThis is an untrusted search path (DLL hijacking) vulnerability in the Shinseiyo Sogo Soft installer version 4.8A and earlier. The installer loads DLLs from directories that are not secured, allowing an attacker to place a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory that the installer will load and execute with elevated privileges, 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<= 4.8aCVSS 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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Identify if Shinseiyo Sogo Soft is installedCheck the system for the presence of Shinseiyo Sogo Soft software. Look in standard installation directories (such as C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\), or check the Windows registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for an entry named 'Shinseiyo Sogo Soft' or similar.Affected if The software is found on the system.
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Determine the installed version of Shinseiyo Sogo SoftLocate the installed application and check its version information. In the registry uninstall entry (if found), examine the DisplayVersion value. Alternatively, right-click the main executable file (typically named something like 'ShinseiyoSogoSoft.exe' or similar in the installation folder) and view Properties > Details to find the File Version.Affected if The version is 4.8a or any version lower than 4.8a.
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Verify if the installer will be run from a non-secure directoryIdentify the location from which the installer (setup.exe or similar) would be executed. Check if the installer directory is writable by low-privileged users. Also check if the current working directory when running the installer contains any untrusted files.Affected if The installer is located in a directory writable by non-admin users, or will be run from a network share or user-writable location.
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Examine the system PATH environment variableOpen System Properties > Environment Variables and review the PATH variable for user-level or system-level entries. Check each directory in the PATH for write access by unprivileged users.Affected if Any directory in the PATH is writable by non-admin users or located in an untrusted location.
A user is affected if Shinseiyo Sogo Soft version 4.8a or earlier is installed AND the installer or its execution path involves directories writable by unprivileged users, allowing DLL hijacking with privilege escalation.
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 dataApply the vendor patch when available. Until then, run the installer from trusted, non-writable directories and ensure no untrusted directories are in the system PATH to prevent DLL hijacking.
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