CVE-2017-6189

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CVSS 3.0

7.3 high

EPSS

1%p68

Published

Mar 15, 2017 (Mar 15, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Amazon Kindle for PC before 1.19 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of the Kindle Setup installer.

Vendors: amazon
Products: kindle for pc
Weakness: CWE-426
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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