Vulnerability CVE-2016-7838
Published: 2017-06-09

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Winsparkle -> Winsparkle 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099
https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html
https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html
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