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1 vulnerability by WinSparkle
CVE-2016-7838 (GCVE-0-2016-7838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-09 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04
VLAI?
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 ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- Untrusted search path vulnerability
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
versions prior to 0.5.3
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