CVE-2016-7838

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7838
  • Assigner
  • vultures@jpcert.or.jp
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-09T16:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-06-20T14:50:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:winsparkle:winsparkle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.5.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html Vendor Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7838
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7838
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:41:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:37:50 2017-06-09T16:29Z 2017-06-09T16:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:37:50 2017-06-20T14:50:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:37:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated