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CVE-2017-16237 — Tgsoft Vir.It Explorer

CVSS v3.1 7.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 0.1% (higher than 40.9% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 5.5/10 · Published 2017-11-03

As of 2024-08-05, CVE-2017-16237 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Tgsoft Vir.It Explorer, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 0.1% (40.9th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2017-16237, most recently “Lazarus RemotePE Memory-Only RAT — DPAPILoader + RemotePELoader Chain Targeting Financial & Cryptocurrency Firms”.

Last updated: 2024-08-05

What is CVE-2017-16237?

In Vir.IT eXplorer Anti-Virus before 8.5.42, the driver file (VIAGLT64.SYS) contains an Arbitrary Write vulnerability because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x8273007C.

The record classifies CVE-2017-16237 under weakness class CWE-20. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 3236 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 5.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2017-11-03, last modified 2024-08-05

Is CVE-2017-16237 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 15 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Tgsoft: Vir.It Explorer

How to fix CVE-2017-16237

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2017-16237 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2017-16237

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2017-16237, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Lazarus RemotePE Memory-Only RAT — DPAPILoader + RemotePELoader Chain Targeting Financial & Cryptocurrency Firms — HIGH · 2026-05-25

Sources

Seeded from cveorg and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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