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CVE-2017-2218

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of QuickTime for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Quicktime

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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