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CVE-2016-1742

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

Affected products

• Apple iTunes for Windows: through 12.3.1

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00006.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035887
• https://support.apple.com/HT206379
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00006.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035887
• https://support.apple.com/HT206379

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