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CVE-2016-7838 (GCVE-0-2016-7838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-09 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04

Summary

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Untrusted search path vulnerability

Assigner

jpcert jpcert root

References

5 references

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https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb45…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
WinSparkle	WinSparkle	Affected: versions prior to 0.5.3	guessed

Date Public

2016-12-26 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2016-7838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-09 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913	Patch, Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	winsparkle	winsparkle	*

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GHSA-V346-F4PJ-P3J2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:40 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:40

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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GSD-2016-7838

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2016-7838

Aliases

CVE-2016-7838

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JVNDB-2016-000250

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2016-12-26 05:45 - Updated:2018-02-16 07:00

Severity

3.6 (Low) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Summary

Wireshark for Windows issue where an arbitrary file may be deleted

Details

Wireshark for Windows uses a software updating library called WinSparkle. Wireshark for Windows contains an issue where an arbitrary directory of file may be deleted due to an issue contained in WinSparkle (JVN#96681653). Takashi Yoshikawa of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this issue to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/
	CVE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7838
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7838
	No Mapping(CWE-Other)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Wireshark

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JVNDB-2016-000251

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2016-12-26 05:45 - Updated:2018-02-16 07:00

Severity

3.6 (Low) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Summary

WinSparkle issue where registry value is not validated

Details

When an application that uses WinSparkle is launched, it checks the directory used by WinSparkle for temporary files and deletes any temporary files. This directory path is specified in a registry key. In a situation where an attacker has modified the specific registry value used by this library, and a user launches an application that uses WinSparkle, an unintended directory or file may be deleted. Takashi Yoshikawa of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this issue to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/
	CVE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7838
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7838
	No Mapping(CWE-Other)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

WinSparkle

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