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CVE-2017-11742
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-07-30T14:29:00.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:02:17.637

Summary

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.

Affected products

libexpat_project — libexpat

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