# CVE-2017-2178: Privilege escalation in Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system

> An attacker can gain privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the installer's search path, affecting the electronic tendering system.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95gw-mf46-9jh4

## What is CVE-2017-2178?

CVE-2017-2178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system, published on 9 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system available prior to May 25, 2017 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-2017-2178?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Atla Electronic Tendering and Bid Opening System.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2178?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-2178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2178 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system, published on 9 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system. 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-2017-2178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2178/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2178
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2178
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2178

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