{"id":"CVE-2017-9644","aliases":["EUVD-2017-18575","GHSA-c6hg-x56f-2f88"],"status":"published","title":"An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC...","description":"An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 6.5 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.2 and prior. An unquoted search path vulnerability may allow a non-privileged local attacker to change files in the installation directory and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.01411,"percentile":0.72841,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-428"],"published":"2017-08-25T19:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:28:38Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-42542","title":"Automated Logic WebCTRL 6.5 - Local Privilege Escalation","type":"local","platform":"windows","date":"2017-08-22","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42542"}],"products":[{"vendor":"automatedlogic","product":"i-vu"},{"vendor":"automatedlogic","product":"sitescan_web"},{"vendor":"carrier","product":"automatedlogic_webctrl"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100454","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-01","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42542/","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9644"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42542"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6hg-x56f-2f88"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-9644","description":"An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 6.5 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.2 and prior. 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An unquoted search path vulnerability may allow a non-privileged local attacker to change files in the installation directory and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-25T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T17:11:02Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:23:27.257081Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-c6hg-x56f-2f88","title":"An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC...","description":"An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 6.5 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.2 and prior. An unquoted search path vulnerability may allow a non-privileged local attacker to change files in the installation directory and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:07:40Z","modified":"2025-04-20T03:44:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-428"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:01:51.143792Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-9644","description":"An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 6.5 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.2 and prior. An unquoted search path vulnerability may allow a non-privileged local attacker to change files in the installation directory and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-25T19:29:00.457Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:28:38.647Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-428"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:57.82609Z"}]}}