PT-2017-16937

CVE-2017-6189

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Published

2017-03-15

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Updated

2017-03-24

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.3
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amazon Kindle for PC versions prior to 1.19
Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of the Kindle Setup installer.
Recommendations For versions prior to 1.19, update to version 1.19 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the execution of files from untrusted locations to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
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