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Untrusted Search Path

CVE-2016-4902

High
7.8/10

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)" Ver3.0.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)" Ver3.0.1 and earlier and The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software" Ver2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published