# CVE-2017-14029: Other in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing malicious DLLs in the application's search path, affecting Trihedral VTScada 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:** 6 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93hw-xc5x-9vwp

## What is CVE-2017-14029?

CVE-2017-14029 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada, published on 6 Nov 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

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Trihedral VTScada 11.3.03 and prior. The program will execute specially crafted malicious dll files placed on the target machine.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14029?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trihedral Vtscada.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-14029?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-14029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada

- [CVE-2016-4523](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4523/): Trihedral VTScada (formerly VTS) Denial-of-Service (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-4510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4510/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2016-4532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4532/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-14031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14031/): Privilege escalation in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2014-9192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9192/): Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada Integer Overflow (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-14029 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-14029 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada, published on 6 Nov 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-2017-14029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada. 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-2017-14029/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14029/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14029
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14029
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14029

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