PT-2016-7298 · Microsoft · Auto Updater For Mac

Published 2016-12-20 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7300

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Auto Updater for Mac (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability that allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7300

Affected Products

Auto Updater For Mac

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7300 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94784 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037441 · Note