CVE-2017-2219 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in the [Simeji for Windows] installer (simeji.exe) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in the [Simeji for Windows] installer (simeji.exe) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory

Published Jun 9, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.08%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the [Simeji for Windows] installer (simeji.exe) allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.08% 0.01080

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01080

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.08% (0.01080)	63.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2026	1.47% (0.01472)	71.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.06% (0.00059)	25.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 2, 2024	0.06% (0.00059)	25.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00060)	23.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-426

References (1)

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN31236539/index.html
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN31236539/index.html		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner jpcert

Published Jun 9, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Dec 1, 2016

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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