CVE-2017-12480

7.8 HIGH

Published: August 06, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Sandboxie installer 5071703 has a DLL Hijacking or Unsafe DLL Loading Vulnerability via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or profapi.dll file in an AppData\Local\Temp directory.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12480-sandboxie-installer-dll-hijacking-or-unsafe-dll-loading-vulnerability-41ad0562f41

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12480-sandboxie-installer-dll-hijacking-or-unsafe-dll-loading-vulnerability-41ad0562f41

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.0%

58th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-426

Affected Vendors

sandboxie

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