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CVE-2016-7838

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

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.

Affected products

• WinSparkle: through 0.5.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099
• https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html
• https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099
• https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html
• https://www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html

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