{"id":"CVE-2016-7838","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 unspecifie","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.","publishedAt":"2017-06-09T16:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T02:04:56.130Z","severity":null,"assigner":"jpcert","products":["WinSparkle WinSparkle"],"affected":[{"vendor":"WinSparkle","product":"WinSparkle","versions":[{"version":"versions prior to 0.5.3","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html","https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html","https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913","https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:42:53.149Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2016/7xxx/CVE-2016-7838.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2016-7838","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2017-06-09T16:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T02:04:56.130Z","assignerShortName":"jpcert","assignerOrgId":"ede6fdc4-6654-4307-a26d-3331c018e2ce","dateReserved":"2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"WinSparkle","product":"WinSparkle","versions":[{"version":"versions prior to 0.5.3","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html","name":"JVN#96681653","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_JVN"]},{"url":"https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html","name":"JVN#90813656","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_JVN"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099","name":"95099","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"jpcert","dateUpdated":"2017-06-12T09:57:01.000Z","orgId":"ede6fdc4-6654-4307-a26d-3331c018e2ce"},"datePublic":"2016-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","ID":"CVE-2016-7838","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"WinSparkle","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"versions prior to 0.5.3"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"WinSparkle"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Untrusted search path vulnerability"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"JVN#96681653","refsource":"JVN","url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html"},{"name":"https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html"},{"name":"https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913"},{"name":"JVN#90813656","refsource":"JVN","url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html"},{"name":"95099","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html","name":"JVN#96681653","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_JVN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html","name":"JVN#90813656","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_JVN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099","name":"95099","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T02:04:56.130Z"}}]}}}