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CVE-2016-1742

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.

Published

2016-05-20T10:59:01.230

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apple	itunes	≤ 12.3.1	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00006.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035887 ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT206379 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00006.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035887 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT206379 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)