# CVE-2017-5170: Other in Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer

> An attacker with administrative access can plant a malicious DLL to execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking in Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mhx8-fvj8-9m2q

## What is CVE-2017-5170?

CVE-2017-5170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer, published on 18 Jan 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer, Version 3.30.3122 and prior versions. An uncontrolled search path element (DLL Hijacking) vulnerability has been identified. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could rename a malicious DLL to meet the criteria of the application, and the application would not verify that the DLL is correct. The attacker needs to have administrative access to the default install location in order to plant the insecure DLL. Once loaded by the application, the DLL could run malicious code at the privilege level of the application.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5170?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Moxa Softnvr-Ia Live View.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5170 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer, published on 18 Jan 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Moxa SoftNVR-IA Live Viewer. 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-2017-5170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5170/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5170
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5170
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5170

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5170/
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