CVE-2016-4802 (GCVE-0-2016-4802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:39
VLAI
Summary
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.1, when built with SSPI or telnet is enabled, allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) security.dll, (2) secur32.dll, or (3) ws2_32.dll in the application or current working directory.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036008 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160530.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90997 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-05-30 00:00
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