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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-2744

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

The vulnerability allows attacker to extract binaries into protected file system locations in HP Support Assistant before 12.7.26.1.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published