No exploitation reported

CVE-2017-9661

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2017-08-14
WeaknessCWE-427

Am I affected?

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Description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in SIMPlight SCADA Software version 4.3.0.27 and prior. The uncontrolled search path element vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to place a malicious DLL file within the search path resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2017-08-1416:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

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Versions per branch

NVD

Simplight scada

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.3	≤ 4.3.0.27	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-17-222-01 CISA1 known affected
SIMPlight SCADA Software
SCADA Software: version 4.3.0.27 and prior

Full record on NVD

Fix

Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-222-01 · 1 productSIMPlight has not responded to requests to work with NCCIC/ICS-CERT to mitigate this vulnerability.

Advisories and patches

ics-cert.us-cert.govMitigation

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.07read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.05.1read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-427read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.4 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2017-08-14
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9661?

Is CVE-2017-9661 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-9661 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.4% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-9661?

CVE-2017-9661 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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