CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6189
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Amazon Kindle for PC before 1.19 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of the Kindle Setup installer.
Affected configurations
• amazon kindle for pc (<= 1.17.44183)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141366/Amazon-Kindle-DLL-Hijacking.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/71 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96476 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141366/Amazon-Kindle-DLL-Hijacking.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/71 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96476 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry