CVE-2017-2252: Sourcenext File Compact

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in self-extracting archive files created by File Compact Ver.5 version 5.10 and earlier, Ver.6 version 6.02 and earlier, Ver.7 version 7.02 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

• Sourcenext File Compact: up to and including 5.09; up to and including 6.01; up to and including 7.01

Published 2017-07-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.