CVE-2017-7180

Net Monitor for Employees Pro through 5.3.4 has an unquoted service path, which allows a Security Feature Bypass of its documented "Block applications" design goal. The local attacker must have privileges to write to program.exe in a protected directory, such as the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, and thus the issue is not interpreted as a direct privilege escalation. However, the local attacker might have the goal of executing program.exe even though program.exe is a blocked application.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42141/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42141/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:eduiq:net_monitor_for_employees:*:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42141/ - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry~~	() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42141/ - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

25 May 2021, 21:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:networklookout:net_monitor_for_employee:::::professional:::*	cpe:2.3:a:eduiq:net_monitor_for_employees:::::professional:::*

Information

Published : 2017-06-08 12:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-7180

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7180

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7180

JSON object : View

Products Affected

eduiq

net_monitor_for_employees

CWE

CWE-428

Unquoted Search Path or Element

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