PT-2017-9389
CVE-2016-7838
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Published
2017-06-09
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Updated
2017-06-20
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
WinSparkle versions prior to 0.5.3
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory. This is due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.5.3, update to version 0.5.3 or later to resolve the issue.
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