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CVE-2017-11742

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CVE-2017-11742

Published: Jul 30, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The writeRandomBytes_RtlGenRandom function in xmlparse.c in libexpat in Expat 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ADVAPI32.DLL in the current working directory because of an untrusted search path, aka DLL hijacking.

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References

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