CVE-2017-2252

HIGH 7.8CVE-2017-2252 · Published 17/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-2252 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting file compact (sourcenext).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
file compact sourcenext	`≤ 5.09≤ 6.01≤ 7.01`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in self-extracting archive files created by File Compact Ver.5 version 5.10 and earlier, Ver.6 version 6.02 and earlier, Ver.7 version 7.02 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29939155/index.html · Third Party Advisory

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