CVE-2017-20018 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability was found in XAMPP 7.1.1-0-VC14. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00171.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

unspecified

XAMPP

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.1.1-0-VC14`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp:7.1.1-0-vc14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apachefriends Subscribe	Xampp Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11033	A vulnerability was found in XAMPP 7.1.1-0-VC14. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142406/xampp-dllhijack.txt
https://vuldb.com/?id.100950

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2022-06-09T22:35:49.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T14:30:37.707Z

Reserved: 2022-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-20018

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:24.555Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-09T23:15:07.850

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:22:27.550

Link: CVE-2017-20018

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427

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