# CVE-2017-10848: Privilege escalation in Installer for DocuWorks

> Attackers can gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the installer's search path, affecting DocuWorks users.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wqgj-w32h-86xg

## What is CVE-2017-10848?

CVE-2017-10848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fuji Xerox Co.,Ltd. Installer for DocuWorks, published on 1 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installers for DocuWorks 8.0.7 and earlier and DocuWorks Viewer Light published in Jul 2017 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10848?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fujixerox Docuworks, Fujixerox Docuworks Viewer Light.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-10848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-10848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fuji Xerox Co.,Ltd. Installer for DocuWorks

- [CVE-2017-10849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10849/): Privilege escalation in Self-extracting document generated by DocuWorks (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-10848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-10848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fuji Xerox Co.,Ltd. Installer for DocuWorks, published on 1 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fuji Xerox Co.,Ltd. Installer for DocuWorks. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-10848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.