CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-0016

Untrusted Search Path

Published: Jan 13, 2016 | Modified: May 15, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandle DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

Weakness

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product’s direct control.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_rt Microsoft - -
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_10 Microsoft 1511 1511
Windows_8.1 Microsoft - -
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft - -
Windows_7 Microsoft - -
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft - -
Windows_vista Microsoft - -
Windows_8 Microsoft - -
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft - -
Windows_10 Microsoft - -

Extended Description

This might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the product uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted product would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the product trusts. Some of the most common variants of untrusted search path are:

Potential Mitigations

References