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CVE-2016-4802

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• curl: through 7.49.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90997
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036008
• https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160530.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90997
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036008
• https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160530.html

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