CVE-2017-6189

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-03-15 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1ca2e64922008a0582c667c1b49be9f7f01a9a29f19e8c183e223853b8686a12

• www.securityfocus.com96476http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96476vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org20170228 CVE-2017-6189-Amazon Kindle for Windowshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/71mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141366/Amazon-Kindle-DLL-Hijacking.htmlx_refsource_MISC