CVE-2016-1417

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1417
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-23 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:59:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse tcapi.dll that is located in the same folder on a remote file share as a pcap file that is being processed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Snort Snort 2.9.7.0 All All All
Application Snort Snort 2.9.7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Snort CVE-2016-1417 DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SNORT-DLL-HIJACK.txt MISC hyp3rlinx.altervista.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Snort File Processing DLL Loading Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32 DLL Hijacking ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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