A vulnerability was found in Viscosity 1.6.7. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The weakness was shared 01/31/2017 by Kacper Szurek (window) as Viscosity for Windows 1.6.7 Privilege Escalation as Mailinglist Post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-20123. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There are no technical details available. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The exploit is shared for download at github.com. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $0-$5k. Upgrading to version 1.6.8 is able to address this issue. The updated version is ready for download at sparklabs.com. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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