CVE-2017-5175

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.56% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Advantech WebAccess 8.1 and earlier contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability which may allow an attacker to run a malicious DLL file within the search path resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationAdvantech WebAccesscisa_csaf_ot
Advantech has released a new version of WebAccess to address the reported vulnerability. WebAccess Version 8.2 can be downloaded
http://www.advantech.com/industrial-automation/webaccess

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-427USprimaryCWE-427US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Advantech WebAccess: Versions 8.1 and priorall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Advantech Advantech WebAccess≤ 8.1cisa_csaf_otUS
ICS-CERT Advantech WebAccess Versions 8.1 and prior.≤ Advantech WebAccess Versions 8.1 and prior.enisa_euvdEU
advantech webaccess≤ 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-17-045-01Advantech WebAccess2017-02-14icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-05-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.advantech.com/Patchcnnvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-045-01 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96210 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96210 enisa_euvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-045-01 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96210Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-045-01Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd

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