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CVE-2017-7180 json

Net Monitor for Employees Pro through 5.3.4 has an unquoted service path, which allows a Security Feature Bypass of its documented "Block a…

published 2017-06-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16218

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Net Monitor for Employees Pro through 5.3.4 has an unquoted service path, which allows a Security Feature Bypass of its documented "Block applications" design goal. The local attacker must have privileges to write to program.exe in a protected directory, such as the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, and thus the issue is not interpreted as a direct privilege escalation. However, the local attacker might have the goal of executing program.exe even though program.exe is a blocked application.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42141)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42141 Net Monitor for Employees Pro < 5.3.4 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation local, 2017-06-08

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

Sources

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