# CVE-2017-12480: Other in n/a

> An attacker can execute arbitrary code by placing malicious DLLs in the temporary directory during Sandboxie installation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r758-hjvg-hgjc

## What is CVE-2017-12480?

CVE-2017-12480 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12480?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sandboxie Sandboxie Installer.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-12480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-12480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12480 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-12480 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2017-12480/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12480/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12480
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12480
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12480

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12480/
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