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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-11742

CVE-2017-11742

Description

The writeRandomBytes_RtlGenRandom function in xmlparse.c in libexpat in Expat 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ADVAPI32.DLL in the current working directory because of an untrusted search path, aka DLL hijacking.

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Affected products

3
  • Libexpat Project/Libexpat3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 2.2.1, 2.2.2

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