CVE-2017-2802

N/A
Published: April 24, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPrecision Optimizer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An exploitable dll hijacking vulnerability exists in the poaService.exe service component of the Dell Precision Optimizer software version 3.5.5.0. A specifically named malicious dll file located in one of directories pointed to by the PATH environment variable will lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with local access to vulnerable system can exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99360
x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0247

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426

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