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CVE-2017-2156

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Vivaldi installer for Windows prior to version 1.7.735.48 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory.

CWE-426

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days
83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.