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high 7.8

CVE-2016-4902 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)…

published 2017-06-09 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5878

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)" Ver3.0.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)" Ver3.0.1 and earlier and The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software" Ver2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)"
  • Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)"
  • Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software"

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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