PT-2017-9389 · Unknown · Winsparkle

Takashi Yoshikawa · Published 2017-06-09 · Updated 2017-06-20 · CVE-2016-7838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WinSparkle versions prior to 0.5.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory. This is due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.3, update to version 0.5.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7838

Affected Products

Winsparkle

References · 7

• https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913 · Patch
• https://wireshark.org/news/20161214.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7838 · Security Note
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95099 · Note
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html · Note