CVE-2017-7884

Description

In Adam Kropelin adk0212 APC UPS Daemon through 3.14.14, the default installation of APCUPSD allows a local authenticated, but unprivileged, user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges by replacing the service executable apcupsd.exe with a malicious executable that will run with SYSTEM privileges at startup. This occurs because of "RW NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" permissions for %SYSTEMDRIVE%\apcupsd\bin\apcupsd.exe.

Category

8.4
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038707 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99092 third party advisory vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jun/20 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7884?
CVE-2017-7884 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7884?
To fix CVE-2017-7884, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-7884 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-7884 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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