CVE-2017-5873 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious executable in the system drive due to an unquoted search path in the guest service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-5873?
CVE-2017-5873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the guest service in Unisys s-Par before 4.4.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5873?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Unisys Secure Partitioning.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5873?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-5873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pg9-h44j-gvg9.