CVE-2017-2289
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 Qua station connection tool for Windows version 1.00.03 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 a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability in the Windows installer for Qua station connection tool version 1.00.03. The installer uses an untrusted search path to locate DLLs, allowing attackers to place a malicious DLL in a directory that gets searched before the legitimate location, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the installer.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 1.00.03CVSS 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 Qua station connection tool is installedCheck installed programs in Control Panel or registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall) for 'Qua Station' or 'Qua station connection tool' and note the versionAffected if Version 1.00.03 of Qua station connection tool is installed or present on the system
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Locate the Qua station installer executableSearch for installer files named similarly to 'qua' or 'Qua Station' in user-downloadable directories (Downloads folder, Desktop, temp directories) using file explorer or Get-ChildItem -Recurse commandAffected if The installer executable for version 1.00.03 exists in a user-accessible directory
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Check DLL search path vulnerability of the installerExamine the directory where the installer is located - verify if it is a directory where an unprivileged user could write a malicious DLL file before the installer runsAffected if The installer resides in a directory writable by other users (such as a shared Downloads folder, network share, or public directory)
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Verify installer digital signature statusRight-click the installer file, select Properties, and check the Digital Signatures tab. Confirm if the signature is valid and from a trusted publisherAffected if The installer has no valid digital signature or is signed by an untrusted source
You are affected if Qua station connection tool version 1.00.03 or its installer is present on your system, especially if the installer can be run from a directory writable by other users or lacks a valid digital signature.
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 dataEnsure the installer is only run from trusted, official sources with verified digital signatures. Restrict write access to directories in the installer's search path to prevent attackers from placing malicious DLLs. Contact the vendor for a patched version of the installer.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-2289 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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