CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7838
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in WinSparkle versions prior to 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory.
Affected configurations
• winsparkle winsparkle (<= 0.5.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html Vendor Advisory